Simulation of turbulent flow over idealized water waves

PP Sullivan, JC McWilliams, CH Moeng - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2000 - cambridge.org
Turbulent flow over idealized water waves with varying wave slope ak and wave age c/u∗ is
investigated using direct numerical simulations at a bulk Reynolds number Re= 8000. In the …

Large-scale modes of turbulent channel flow: transport and structure

Z Liu, RJ Adrian, TJ Hanratty - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2001 - cambridge.org
Turbulent flow in a rectangular channel is investigated to determine the scale and pattern of
the eddies that contribute most to the total turbulent kinetic energy and the Reynolds shear …

Turbulence statistics in Couette flow at high Reynolds number

S Pirozzoli, M Bernardini, P Orlandi - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
We investigate the behaviour of the canonical turbulent Couette flow at computationally high
Reynolds number through a series of large-scale direct numerical simulations. We achieve a …

Extreme-scale motions in turbulent plane Couette flows

M Lee, RD Moser - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
We study the large-scale motions in turbulent plane Couette flows at moderate friction
Reynolds number up to length of the domain. The presence of these very long structures is …

DNS of turbulent Couette flow with emphasis on the large-scale structure in the core region

T Tsukahara, H Kawamura, K Shingai - Journal of Turbulence, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
A series of direct numerical simulation (DNSs) of the turbulent plane Couette flow were
performed with various box lengths, L x= 24 h, 32 h, 45 h and 64 h, where h is the channel …

Langmuir supercells: A mechanism for sediment resuspension and transport in shallow seas

A Gargett, J Wells, AE Tejada-Martinez, CE Grosch - Science, 2004 - science.org
Recent measurements at a cabled sea-floor node in 15 meters of water off the coast of New
Jersey suggest that Langmuir supercells, Langmuir circulations that achieve vertical scales …

Mixed convection in turbulent channels with unstable stratification

S Pirozzoli, M Bernardini, R Verzicco… - Journal of fluid …, 2017 - cambridge.org
We study turbulent flows in pressure-driven planar channels with imposed unstable thermal
stratification, using direct numerical simulations in a wide range of Reynolds and Rayleigh …

Numerical study of plane Couette flow: turbulence statistics and the structure of pressure–strain correlations

EV Mortikov, AV Glazunov… - Russian Journal of …, 2019 - degruyter.com
The paper presents the results of direct numerical simulation of turbulent plane Couette flow.
The calculations were performed for Reynolds numbers Re= U 0 H/ν (H is the height of the …

Interaction between a large-scale structure and near-wall structures in channel flow

S Toh, T Itano - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2005 - cambridge.org
Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent channel flow in a periodic domain of relatively
wide spanwise extent, but minimal streamwise length, is carried out at Reynolds numbers …

Langmuir turbulence in shallow water. Part 2. Large-eddy simulation

AE Tejada-Martinez, CE Grosch - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2007 - cambridge.org
Results of large-eddy simulation (LES) of Langmuir circulations (LC) in a wind-driven shear
current in shallow water are reported. The LC are generated via the well-known Craik …