A Direct Numerical Simulation of Fully Developed Turbulent Channel Flow with Passive Heat Transfer
Author | : Stephen Lincoln Lyons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 670 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Heat |
ISBN | : |
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A direct numerical simulation of a fully developed turbulent channel flow with passive heat transfer is performed. The time-dependent three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and advection-diffusion equation are solved numerically using a pseudospectral technique with 1,064,960 grid points in physical space (128 x 65 x 128 in x, y, z). No subgrid scale model is employed since all essential turbulence scales are resolved. The Reynolds number is 2262, based on the half channel height and bulk velocity, and the Prandtl number is 1. The Nusselt number is predicted to be 25.36. A large number of one-point turbulence statistics are computed and compared with existing experimental data taken at similar Reynolds and Nusselt numbers. Agreement with the existing experimental data is excellent except for some discrepancies in the near wall region, y$sp+$ $