A new paradigm for wall-modeled large eddy simulations using the volume-filtering framework

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Main Authors: Hausmann, Max, van Wachem, Berend
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author Hausmann, Max
van Wachem, Berend
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van Wachem, Berend
contents In the present paper, we apply the framework of volume-filtering for particle-laden flows, to large eddy simulations (LES) of wall-bounded flows leading to a new perspective on wall-modeled LES (WMLES) that we refer to as volume-filtered WMLES (VF-WMLES). In contrast to existing wall-models, the VF-WMLES framework does not rely on temporal averaging, does not make a priori assumptions on the pressure gradient, and can be used with a uniform spatial filter, which avoids the appearance of commutation closures in spatial derivatives of the filtered momentum and continuity equation. Volume-filtering is well-defined, even close to the wall, and it is shown that a non-zero slip and penetration velocity at the wall is a direct consequence of volume-filtering the flow. With the VF-WMLES concept, new wall models can be directly assessed in a priori and a posteriori studies by comparing the predicted slip and penetration velocities at the wall with the velocities from explicitly volume-filtered direct numerical simulations (DNS). Based on the VF-WMLES concept, we derive an LES modeling strategy that is based on the recently proposed PC-IBM, a modeling framework based on volume-filtering allowing to couple the flow with arbitrarily shaped solid boundaries using relatively coarse Cartesian fluid meshes. The proposed VF-WMLES is validated with two cases, a turbulent channel flow and a turbulent flow over periodic hills, and shown to accurately predict the mean velocity profiles for both cases.
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spellingShingle A new paradigm for wall-modeled large eddy simulations using the volume-filtering framework
Hausmann, Max
van Wachem, Berend
Fluid Dynamics
Computational Physics
In the present paper, we apply the framework of volume-filtering for particle-laden flows, to large eddy simulations (LES) of wall-bounded flows leading to a new perspective on wall-modeled LES (WMLES) that we refer to as volume-filtered WMLES (VF-WMLES). In contrast to existing wall-models, the VF-WMLES framework does not rely on temporal averaging, does not make a priori assumptions on the pressure gradient, and can be used with a uniform spatial filter, which avoids the appearance of commutation closures in spatial derivatives of the filtered momentum and continuity equation. Volume-filtering is well-defined, even close to the wall, and it is shown that a non-zero slip and penetration velocity at the wall is a direct consequence of volume-filtering the flow. With the VF-WMLES concept, new wall models can be directly assessed in a priori and a posteriori studies by comparing the predicted slip and penetration velocities at the wall with the velocities from explicitly volume-filtered direct numerical simulations (DNS). Based on the VF-WMLES concept, we derive an LES modeling strategy that is based on the recently proposed PC-IBM, a modeling framework based on volume-filtering allowing to couple the flow with arbitrarily shaped solid boundaries using relatively coarse Cartesian fluid meshes. The proposed VF-WMLES is validated with two cases, a turbulent channel flow and a turbulent flow over periodic hills, and shown to accurately predict the mean velocity profiles for both cases.
title A new paradigm for wall-modeled large eddy simulations using the volume-filtering framework
topic Fluid Dynamics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11600