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Main Author: Azim, Mohammed A.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.13736
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author Azim, Mohammed A.
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contents In this study, new turbulence closure equations are derived in the light of turbulence as a continuous phase transition phenomenon. Closed-form Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations due to those closure equations are solved numerically by treating turbulent viscosity as a tensor, unlike the eddy viscosity, for a plane turbulent jet. Overall agreement between the obtained results and the existing literature for the jet flow demonstrates the effectiveness of the new closure equations. Besides, turbulent stresses as a function of the normalized mean velocity exhibit their odd and even symmetries in the flow, which are manifestations of the free energy symmetry of continuous phase transition.
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spellingShingle Turbulence closure in the light of phase transition
Azim, Mohammed A.
Fluid Dynamics
In this study, new turbulence closure equations are derived in the light of turbulence as a continuous phase transition phenomenon. Closed-form Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations due to those closure equations are solved numerically by treating turbulent viscosity as a tensor, unlike the eddy viscosity, for a plane turbulent jet. Overall agreement between the obtained results and the existing literature for the jet flow demonstrates the effectiveness of the new closure equations. Besides, turbulent stresses as a function of the normalized mean velocity exhibit their odd and even symmetries in the flow, which are manifestations of the free energy symmetry of continuous phase transition.
title Turbulence closure in the light of phase transition
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.13736