Modeling Turbulence in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with Spectral Element and Finite Volume Methods

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Autori principali: Churchfield, Ananias Tomboulides Matthew, Fischer, Paul, Sprague, Michael, Min, Misun
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author Churchfield, Ananias Tomboulides Matthew
Fischer, Paul
Sprague, Michael
Min, Misun
author_facet Churchfield, Ananias Tomboulides Matthew
Fischer, Paul
Sprague, Michael
Min, Misun
contents We present large-eddy-simulation (LES) modeling approaches for the simulation of atmospheric boundary layer turbulence that are of direct relevance to wind energy production. In this paper, we study a GABLS benchmark problem using high-order spectral element code Nek5000/RS and a block-structured second-order finite-volume code AMR-Wind which are supported under the DOE's Exascale Computing Project (ECP) Center for Efficient Exascale Discretizations (CEED) and ExaWind projects, respectively, targeting application simulations on various acceleration-device based exascale computing platforms. As for Nek5000/RS we demonstrate our newly developed subgrid-scale (SGS) models based on mean-field eddy viscosity (MFEV), high-pass filter (HPF), and Smagorinsky (SMG) with traction boundary conditions. For the traction boundary conditions, a novel analytical approach is presented that solves for the surface friction velocity and surface kinematic temperature flux. For AMR-Wind, standard SMG is used and discussed in detail the traction boundary conditions for convergence. We provide low-order statistics, convergence and turbulent structure analysis. Verification and convergence studies were performed for both codes at various resolutions and it was found that Nek5000/RS demonstrate convergence with resolution for all ABL bulk parameters, including boundary layer and low level jet (LLJ) height. Extensive comparisons are presented with simulation data from the literature.
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spellingShingle Modeling Turbulence in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with Spectral Element and Finite Volume Methods
Churchfield, Ananias Tomboulides Matthew
Fischer, Paul
Sprague, Michael
Min, Misun
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
35-04
G.2; I.6
We present large-eddy-simulation (LES) modeling approaches for the simulation of atmospheric boundary layer turbulence that are of direct relevance to wind energy production. In this paper, we study a GABLS benchmark problem using high-order spectral element code Nek5000/RS and a block-structured second-order finite-volume code AMR-Wind which are supported under the DOE's Exascale Computing Project (ECP) Center for Efficient Exascale Discretizations (CEED) and ExaWind projects, respectively, targeting application simulations on various acceleration-device based exascale computing platforms. As for Nek5000/RS we demonstrate our newly developed subgrid-scale (SGS) models based on mean-field eddy viscosity (MFEV), high-pass filter (HPF), and Smagorinsky (SMG) with traction boundary conditions. For the traction boundary conditions, a novel analytical approach is presented that solves for the surface friction velocity and surface kinematic temperature flux. For AMR-Wind, standard SMG is used and discussed in detail the traction boundary conditions for convergence. We provide low-order statistics, convergence and turbulent structure analysis. Verification and convergence studies were performed for both codes at various resolutions and it was found that Nek5000/RS demonstrate convergence with resolution for all ABL bulk parameters, including boundary layer and low level jet (LLJ) height. Extensive comparisons are presented with simulation data from the literature.
title Modeling Turbulence in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with Spectral Element and Finite Volume Methods
topic Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
35-04
G.2; I.6
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00147