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| author | Chen, Zishen García-Mayoral, Ricardo |
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| contents | Turbulent flows over canopies of rigid filaments with different densities, $λ_f$, are studied using direct simulations at Reynolds numbers $Re_τ\approx550-1000$. The canopies have heights $h^+\approx110-220$, and are an instance of obstructing substrate. We show that conventional methods used to determine the zero-plane displacement can be at odds with proper outer-layer similarity and may not be applicable for flows at moderate $Re_τ$. Instead, we determine $Δy$ and the length and velocity scales that recover outer-layer similarity by minimising the difference between the smooth-wall and canopy diagnostic function everywhere above the roughness sublayer, not just in the logarithmic layer. We also investigate if the zero-plane displacement and the friction velocity can be set independently, but find that outer-layer similarity is more consistently recovered when they are coupled. Our results suggest a modified outer-layer similarity, where the Kármán constant, $κ$, is not 0.39, but turbulence is otherwise smooth-wall-like. When the canopy is dense, the flow above the tips is essentially smooth-wall-like, with smooth-wall-like $κ\approx0.39$ and origin essentially at the tip plane. For intermediate densities, the overlying flow perceives a deeper zero-plane displacement, in agreement with previous studies, but exhibits a lower Kármán constant, $κ\approx0.34-0.36$. For sparse canopies, $κ$ tends back to its smooth-wall value, and the zero-plane-displacement height is at the canopy bed. For all canopies studied, the decrease in $κ$ never exceeds 15%, which is significantly less than that obtained in some previous works using conventional methods to assess outer-layer similarity. |
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| spellingShingle | Examination of outer-layer similarity in wall turbulence over obstructed surfaces Chen, Zishen García-Mayoral, Ricardo Fluid Dynamics Turbulent flows over canopies of rigid filaments with different densities, $λ_f$, are studied using direct simulations at Reynolds numbers $Re_τ\approx550-1000$. The canopies have heights $h^+\approx110-220$, and are an instance of obstructing substrate. We show that conventional methods used to determine the zero-plane displacement can be at odds with proper outer-layer similarity and may not be applicable for flows at moderate $Re_τ$. Instead, we determine $Δy$ and the length and velocity scales that recover outer-layer similarity by minimising the difference between the smooth-wall and canopy diagnostic function everywhere above the roughness sublayer, not just in the logarithmic layer. We also investigate if the zero-plane displacement and the friction velocity can be set independently, but find that outer-layer similarity is more consistently recovered when they are coupled. Our results suggest a modified outer-layer similarity, where the Kármán constant, $κ$, is not 0.39, but turbulence is otherwise smooth-wall-like. When the canopy is dense, the flow above the tips is essentially smooth-wall-like, with smooth-wall-like $κ\approx0.39$ and origin essentially at the tip plane. For intermediate densities, the overlying flow perceives a deeper zero-plane displacement, in agreement with previous studies, but exhibits a lower Kármán constant, $κ\approx0.34-0.36$. For sparse canopies, $κ$ tends back to its smooth-wall value, and the zero-plane-displacement height is at the canopy bed. For all canopies studied, the decrease in $κ$ never exceeds 15%, which is significantly less than that obtained in some previous works using conventional methods to assess outer-layer similarity. |
| title | Examination of outer-layer similarity in wall turbulence over obstructed surfaces |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.16764 |