Fluent.05.turbulence.pptVIP

Modeling Turbulent Flows What is Turbulence? Unsteady, irregular (aperiodic) motion in which transported quantities (mass, momentum, scalar species) fluctuate in time and space Identifiable swirling patterns characterizes turbulent eddies. Enhanced mixing (matter, momemtum, energy, etc.) results Fluid properties exhibit random variations Statistical averaging results in accountable, turbulence related transport mechanisms. This characteristic allows for Turbulence Modeling. Wide range in size of turbulent eddies (scales spectrum). Larger eddies derive energy from mean flow; size and velocity o