Inflow turbulence generation methods

X Wu - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Research activities on inflow turbulence generation methods have been vigorous over the
past quarter century, accompanying advances in eddy-resolving computations of spatially …

Exponential roughness layer and analytical model for turbulent boundary layer flow over rectangular-prism roughness elements

XIA Yang, J Sadique, R Mittal… - Journal of Fluid …, 2016 - cambridge.org
We conduct a series of large-eddy simulations (LES) to examine the mean flow behaviour
within the roughness layer of turbulent boundary layer flow over rough surfaces. We …

[HTML][HTML] Large eddy simulation of the neutral atmospheric boundary layer: performance evaluation of three inflow methods for terrains with different roughness

R Vasaturo, I Kalkman, B Blocken… - Journal of Wind …, 2018 - Elsevier
In large eddy simulations (LES) of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), the choice of
inflow method and the specification of surface roughness are crucial for obtaining accurate …

A two-dimensional Jensen model with a Gaussian-shaped velocity deficit

M Ge, Y Wu, Y Liu, XIA Yang - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The one-dimensional (1D) Jensen model is probably the most often used model for
engineering analysis of wind turbine wakes. Identifying a more realistic shape function for …

Mean flow and turbulence in unsteady canopy layers

W Li, MG Giometto - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Non-stationarity is the rule in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Under such conditions,
the flow may experience departures from equilibrium with the underlying surface stress …

A semi-locally scaled eddy viscosity formulation for LES wall models and flows at high speeds

XIA Yang, Y Lv - Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
We show that the mean wall-shear stresses in wall-modeled large-eddy simulations
(WMLES) of high-speed flows can be off by up to ≈ 100\%≈ 100% with respect to a DNS …

From limited observations to the state of turbulence: Fundamental difficulties of flow reconstruction

TA Zaki, M Wang - Physical Review Fluids, 2021 - APS
Numerical simulations of turbulence provide nonintrusive access to all the resolved scales
and any quantity of interest, although they often invoke idealizations and assumptions that …

Aerodynamic properties of rough surfaces with high aspect-ratio roughness elements: effect of aspect ratio and arrangements

J Sadique, XIA Yang, C Meneveau, R Mittal - Boundary-layer meteorology, 2017 - Springer
We examine the effect of varying roughness-element aspect ratio on the mean velocity
distributions of turbulent flow over arrays of rectangular-prism-shaped elements. Large-eddy …

A hierarchical random additive model for passive scalars in wall-bounded flows at high Reynolds numbers

XIA Yang, M Abkar - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
The kinematics of a fully developed passive scalar is modelled using the hierarchical
random additive process (HRAP) formalism. Here,'a fully developed passive scalar'refers to …

Turbulent flow over large roughness elements: effect of frontal and plan solidity on turbulence statistics and structure

M Placidi, B Ganapathisubramani - Boundary-layer meteorology, 2018 - Springer
Wind-tunnel experiments were carried out on fully-rough boundary layers with large
roughness (δ/h ≈ 10 δ/h≈ 10, where h is the height of the roughness elements and δ δ is …