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Subgrid modelling studies with Burgers’ equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

M. D. Love
M. D. Love
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
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Abstract

Burgers’ equation, a one-dimensional analogue of the Navier–Stokes equation, has been solved numerically in full detail at high (equivalent) Reynolds numbers. These fine-mesh solutions have been used to study the dynamics of the Burgers’ equation analogue of three-dimensional turbulence and in particular the drain of energy from the large to the small structures.

The equation has also been solved on a coarse mesh, using various forms of subgrid model. The solutions so derived have been compared with filtered solutions of the same problem on a fine mesh. In this way it has been possible to test directly the performance of subgrid models at high Reynolds numbers, a test which cannot be made on the Navier–Stokes equations themselves.

With proper choice of the parameters, the performance of the subgrid models is very satisfactory.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 100 , Issue 1 , 11 September 1980 , pp. 87 - 110
Copyright
© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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