Citation:
B.Thornber, D.Drikakis, D.Youngs. Large-eddy simulation of multi-component compressible turbulent flows using high
resolution methods. Computers and Fluids, Volume 37, Issue 7, August 2008, Pages 867-876
Abstract:
The ability of a finite volume Godunov and a semi-Lagrangian large-eddy
simulation (LES) method to predict shock induced turbulent mixing has been
examined through simulations of the half-height experiment [Holder and Barton.
In: Proceedings of the international workshop on the physics of compressible
turbulent mixing, 2004]. Very good agreement is gained in qualitative
comparisons with experimental results for combined Richtmyer-Meshkov and Kelvin-
Helmholtz instabilities in compressible turbulent multi-component flows. It is
shown that both numerical methods can capture the size, location and temporal
growth of the main flow features. In comparing the methods, there is variability
in the amount of resolved turbulent kinetic energy. The semi-Lagrangian method
has constant dissipation at low Mach number, thus allowing the initially small
perturbations to develop into Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. These are
suppressed at the low Mach stage in the Godunov method. However, there is an
excellent agreement in the final amount of fluid mixing when comparing both
numerical methods at different grid resolutions.