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Taylor's frozen hypothesis of the pressure fluctuations in turbulent channel flow at high Reynolds numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2023

Ali Mehrez Open the ORCID record for Ali Mehrez [Opens in a new window] ,
Yoshinobu Yamamoto Open the ORCID record for Yoshinobu Yamamoto [Opens in a new window]  and
Yoshiyuki Tsuji Open the ORCID record for Yoshiyuki Tsuji [Opens in a new window]
Ali Mehrez*
Affiliation:
Physics and Engineering Mathematics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Sibirbay, Tanta 31733, Egypt
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
Yoshiyuki Tsuji
Affiliation:
Department of Energy Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Furo-cho, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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†Email address for correspondence: aly_mehrez@f-eng.tanta.edu.eg
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Abstract

We study the application of Taylor's frozen hypothesis to the pressure fluctuations in turbulent channels by means of spatio-temporal data from direct numerical simulations with large computational domains up to the friction Reynolds number $R{e_\tau } = 2000$. The applicability of the hypothesis is quantitatively verified by comparing the wavenumber and Taylor (frequency) premultiplied spectra of the pressure fluctuations at each distance y from the wall. Using the local mean velocity $U(y)$ for the hypothesis leads to a large difference between both spectra with a value of $O(50\,{\%})$ for its maximum from the wall to $y/h \approx 0.2$, where h is the channel half-depth. Alternatively, the convection velocity of the pressure fluctuations ${C_p}(y)$, originally defined by Del Álamo & Jiménez (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 640, 2009, pp. 5–26) as a function of y, is investigated and adopted for the hypothesis. It is nearly equal to $U(y)$ from ${y^ + } = 20$ to the channel centre, where ${y^ + } = y{u_\tau }/\nu $, in which ${u_\tau }$ and $\nu $ represent the friction velocity and kinematic viscosity, respectively. For ${y^ + } \le 20$, ${C_p}(y)$ is almost constant with a value of around $12{u_\tau }$. Applying ${C_p}(y)$ for the hypothesis decreases the difference between both spectra down to a value of $O(10\,{\%})$ for its maximum from the wall to $y/h \approx 0.2$. Finally, the difference between the pressure wavenumber and frequency premultiplied spectra near the wall is reduced further via applying a wavenumber-dependent convection velocity. This wavenumber-dependent convection velocity is the linear combination of the convection velocities of the turbulent structures associated with the pressure field weighted by their relative contributions to the pressure variance.

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Turbulent Flows: Turbulent boundary layers Turbulent Flows: Turbulent convection Turbulent Flows: Turbulence simulation
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 972 , 10 October 2023 , A15
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