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Parametric forcing approach to rough-wall turbulent channel flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2012

A. Busse  and
N. D. Sandham
A. Busse*
Affiliation:
Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
N. D. Sandham
Affiliation:
Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
*
†Email address for correspondence: a.busse@soton.ac.uk
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Abstract

The effects of rough surfaces on turbulent channel flow are modelled by an extra force term in the Navier–Stokes equations. This force term contains two parameters, related to the density and the height of the roughness elements, and a shape function, which regulates the influence of the force term with respect to the distance from the channel wall. This permits a more flexible specification of a rough surface than a single parameter such as the equivalent sand grain roughness. The effects of the roughness force term on turbulent channel flow have been investigated for a large number of parameter combinations and several shape functions by direct numerical simulations. It is possible to cover the full spectrum of rough flows ranging from hydraulically smooth through transitionally rough to fully rough cases. By using different parameter combinations and shape functions, it is possible to match the effects of different types of rough surfaces. Mean flow and standard turbulence statistics have been used to compare the results to recent experimental and numerical studies and a good qualitative agreement has been found. Outer scaling is preserved for the streamwise velocity for both the mean profile as well as its mean square fluctuations in all but extremely rough cases. The structure of the turbulent flow shows a trend towards more isotropic turbulent states within the roughness layer. In extremely rough cases, spanwise structures emerge near the wall and the turbulent state resembles a mixing layer. A direct comparison with the study of Ashrafian, Andersson & Manhart (Intl J. Heat Fluid Flow, vol. 25, 2004, pp. 373–383) shows a good quantitative agreement of the mean flow and Reynolds stresses everywhere except in the immediate vicinity of the rough wall. The proposed roughness force term may be of benefit as a wall model for direct and large-eddy numerical simulations in cases where the exact details of the flow over a rough wall can be neglected.

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Geophysical and Geological Flows: Topographic effects Turbulent Flows: Turbulent boundary layers
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 712 , 10 December 2012 , pp. 169 - 202
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©2012 Cambridge University Press

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