Modal decomposition of nonlinear interactions in wall turbulence

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Hauptverfasser: Karban, Ugur, Martini, Eduardo, Cavalieri, André V. G., Jordan, Peter
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author Karban, Ugur
Martini, Eduardo
Cavalieri, André V. G.
Jordan, Peter
author_facet Karban, Ugur
Martini, Eduardo
Cavalieri, André V. G.
Jordan, Peter
contents Coherent structures are found in many different turbulent flows and are known to drive self-sustaining processes in wall turbulence. Identifying the triadic interactions which generate coherent structures can provide insights beyond what is possible with linearized models. There are infinite possible interactions that may generate a given structure. Thus, a method to systematically study those, ranking them in terms of their contribution to the structure of interest, is essential. We here use the resolvent-based extended spectral proper orthogonal decomposition (RESPOD) approach (Karban, U. et al. 2022 Self-similar mechanisms in wall turbulence studied using resolvent analysis. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 969, A36) to rank the triadic interactions which give rise to the dominant coherent structures in minimal Couette flows at Reynolds number 400 and 1000. Our analysis identifies that six triadic interactions dominate the most energetic coherent structure, revealing the capability of the methodology to identify and rank nonlinear interactions. The approach can be used to analyse the energy exchange in turbulent flows and may guide the construction of reduced-order models based on the interplay between different flow modes. Based on this framework, we introduce a modelling strategy where the interactions increasing or reducing the energy of a given mode are grouped as sources and sinks, respectively. The effect of the sinks is embedded in the resolvent operator by using an eddy viscosity model. The sources are used for driving this modified resolvent operator and are shown to yield accurate flow predictions at zero frequency. We discuss that this strategy can be useful when analysing nonlinear interactions or modelling forcing at high-Reynolds-number flows.
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spellingShingle Modal decomposition of nonlinear interactions in wall turbulence
Karban, Ugur
Martini, Eduardo
Cavalieri, André V. G.
Jordan, Peter
Fluid Dynamics
Coherent structures are found in many different turbulent flows and are known to drive self-sustaining processes in wall turbulence. Identifying the triadic interactions which generate coherent structures can provide insights beyond what is possible with linearized models. There are infinite possible interactions that may generate a given structure. Thus, a method to systematically study those, ranking them in terms of their contribution to the structure of interest, is essential. We here use the resolvent-based extended spectral proper orthogonal decomposition (RESPOD) approach (Karban, U. et al. 2022 Self-similar mechanisms in wall turbulence studied using resolvent analysis. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 969, A36) to rank the triadic interactions which give rise to the dominant coherent structures in minimal Couette flows at Reynolds number 400 and 1000. Our analysis identifies that six triadic interactions dominate the most energetic coherent structure, revealing the capability of the methodology to identify and rank nonlinear interactions. The approach can be used to analyse the energy exchange in turbulent flows and may guide the construction of reduced-order models based on the interplay between different flow modes. Based on this framework, we introduce a modelling strategy where the interactions increasing or reducing the energy of a given mode are grouped as sources and sinks, respectively. The effect of the sinks is embedded in the resolvent operator by using an eddy viscosity model. The sources are used for driving this modified resolvent operator and are shown to yield accurate flow predictions at zero frequency. We discuss that this strategy can be useful when analysing nonlinear interactions or modelling forcing at high-Reynolds-number flows.
title Modal decomposition of nonlinear interactions in wall turbulence
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.01078