LES analysis of local isotropic turbulence depending on the spatial scale of the external forcing field

Abstract

The study investigates the effect of the parameterisation of an external force scheme based on trigonometric functions on turbulence. In particular, the dependence of the generated turbulence on the Reynolds number and the influence of its spatial parameters are investigated. The turbulence used is generated by a large-eddy simulation based on a high-precision finite volume method, and the turbulence energy and isotropy of the turbulence are also investigated. The parameter of the external force field used in this study characterises the wavelength of the trigonometric function, and the influence of this parameter on the spatial scale is studied in detail. As a result, steady turbulent fields are generated and isotropic turbulence is observed at different spatial scales of the external force field with M=2, 3 and 4. The property of increasing turbulence energy with increasing Reynolds number is confirmed.