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Subgrid-scale modeling of reacting scalar fluxes in large-eddy simulations of atmospheric boundary layers

Vinuesa, J.F.
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Porté-Agel, F.  
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Basu, S.
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2006
ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS

In large-eddy simulations of atmospheric boundary layer turbulence, the lumped coefficient in the eddy-diffusion subgrid-scale (SGS) model is known to depend on scale for the case of inert scalars. This scale dependence is predominant near the surface. In this paper, a scale-dependent dynamic SGS model for the turbulent transport of reacting scalars is implemented in large-eddy simulations of a neutral boundary layer. Since the model coefficient is computed dynamically from the dynamics of the resolved scales, the simulations are free from any parameter tuning. A set of chemical cases representative of various turbulent reacting flow regimes is examined. The reactants are involved in a first-order reaction and are injected in the atmospheric boundary layer with a constant and uniform surface flux. Emphasis is placed on studying the combined effects of resolution and chemical regime on the performance of the SGS model. Simulations with the scale-dependent dynamic model yield the expected trends of the coefficients as function of resolution, position in the flow and chemical regime, leading to resolution-independent turbulent reactant fluxes.

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DOI
10.1007/s10652-005-6020-9
Author(s)
Vinuesa, J.F.
Porté-Agel, F.  
Basu, S.
Stoll, R.
Date Issued

2006

Published in
ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS
Volume

6

Issue

2

Start page

115

End page

131

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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WIRE  
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February 23, 2010
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/47630
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