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    Fundamental studies of turbulent flows with vibrational non-equilbrium using direct numerical simulation

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    2014-08-14
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    Sualeh Khurshid, FNU
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    We study the effects of thermal non-equilibrium (TNE) in particular vibrational non-equilibrium, in decaying turbulence using direct numerical simulation (DNS). The exchange mechanism between molecular vibrational and translational energy modes is introduced using the well-known Landau-Teller approximation. A change in the fundamental cascade is observed with dissipation $(\epsilon)$ increasing significantly relative to cases without TNE at time scales of $O(\tau_v)$ where $\tau_v$ is the characteristic relaxation time of vibrational energy. This is also found to increase with increase in initial degree of TNE $(\Delta E_{v_0})$ and decrease in $\tau_v$. TNE is also found to increase the decay of turbulent kinetic energy $(K)$. The relative contributions of energy transfer through classical energy cascade and transfer through TNE exchanges can be represented by a new non-dimensional parameter $S_v=\frac{\Delta{E_{v_0}}}{\tau_v \epsilon}$. $S_v$ can be used to understand DNS data, in particular to distinguish different regimes in the interaction. $S_v$ is also helpful to characterize the time at which dissipation peaks as well as its peak value. Results are compared satisfactorily with experimental evidence available. Turbulence is also observed to affect the transfer of energy from vibrational to translational mode in flows with initial vibrationally hot states. Turbulence accelerates the transfer for small $S_{v_0}$ and decelerates it for large $S_{v_0}$ .
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    http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/164424
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    DNS, Turbulence, Thermal Non-equilibrium, Aerospace Engineering
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    Sualeh Khurshid, FNU (2015). Fundamental studies of turbulent flows with vibrational non-equilbrium using direct numerical simulation. Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /164424.

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