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From Two-Point Closures of Isotropic Turbulence to LES of Shear Flows

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We first recall the EDQNM two-point closure approach of three-dimensional isotropic turbulence. It allows in particular prediction of the infrared kinetic-energy dynamics (with ak 4 backscatter) and the associated time-decay law of kinetic-energy, useful in particular for one-point closure modelling. Afterwards, we show how the spectral eddy viscosity concept may be used for large-eddy simulations: we introduce the plateau-peak model and the spectral-dynamic models. They are applied to decaying isotropic turbulence, and allow recovery of the EDQNM infrared energy dynamics. Anew infrared k 2 law for the pressure spectrum, predicted by the closure, is also well verified.

Assuming that subgrid scales are not too far from isotropy, the spectral-dynamic model is applied to the channel flow at h += 390, with statistics in very good agreement with DNS, while reducing considerably the computational time. We study with the aid of DNS and LES the case of the channel rotating about an axis of spanwise direction. The calculations allow to recover the universal linear behaviour of the mean velocity profile, with a local Rossby number equal to −1.

We present also LES (using the Grenoble Filtered Structure-Function Model), of a turbulent boundary layer passing over a cavity. Finally, we make some remarks on the future of LES for industrial applications.

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    Marcel Lesieur, P. Comte, Y. Dubief, E. Lamballais, O. Métais & S. Ossia

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Lesieur, M., Comte, P., Dubief, Y. et al. From Two-Point Closures of Isotropic Turbulence to LES of Shear Flows. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 63, 247–267 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009900723783

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