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Interactions between different scales in turbulence were studied starting from the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The integral and differential formulae of the short-range viscous stresses, which express the short-range interactions between contiguous scales in turbulence, were given. A concept of the resonant-range interactions between extreme continuous scales was introduced and the differential formula of the resonant-range viscous stress was obtained. The short- and resonant-range viscous stresses were applied to deduce the large-eddy simulation (LES) equations as well as the multiscale equations, which are approximately closed and do not contain and empirical constants or relations. The properties and advantages of using the multiscale equations to compute turbulent flows were discussed. The short-range character of the interactions between the scales in turbulence means that the multiscale simulation is a very valuable technique for the calculation of turbulent flows. A few numerical examples were also given.
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Communicated by BIAN Yin-gui, Original Member of Editorial Committee, AMM
Foundation item: the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19772067, 10272106)
Biography: GAO Zhi (1937≈)
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Zhi, G. Short-and resonant-range interactions between scales in turbulence and their applications. Appl Math Mech 25, 917–928 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02438800
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Key words
- turbulence
- interacting scale
- eddy viscosity
- short-range viscous stress
- resonant-range viscous stress
- multiscale equation