Progress in Modeling Turbulent Mixing Inudced by Interfacial Instabilities for Engineering Applications

doi:10.19596/j.cnki.1001-246x.8904

Abstract

Abstract:

Turbulent mixing induced by interfacial instabilities widely exists in various natural phenomena and engineering problems. Specifically, in typical engineering flows, involved turbulent mixing problems are usually triggered by intricate initial perturbations. This type of mixing problems often has various complexities such as coexistence of multiple mixing mechanisms, multi-stage continuous evolution, and wide and drastic changes in main control parameters. Accurately predicting the spatiotemporal evolution of mixing zone under the aforementioned complexity is crucial for engineering applications. In the current and foreseeable future, Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) and large eddy simulation (LES) modeling are the most feasible numerical methods. However, existing RANS and LES models face key challenges which must overcome, such as difficulty in uniformly predicting various mixing problems. This review will focus on these issues, standing from the perspective of engineering application, and provide a detailed overview of the latest understanding and existing problems of RANS and LES modeling among academic peers, as well as ours' recent progress.

Key words: interfacial instabilities, turbulent mixing, Reynolds-averaged Navier-stokes model, large eddy simulation model

Mengjuan XIAO, Hansong XIE, Yuanwei BIN, Yousheng ZHANG. Progress in Modeling Turbulent Mixing Inudced by Interfacial Instabilities for Engineering Applications[J]. Chinese Journal of Computational Physics, 2024, 41(6): 732-745.

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