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Leboissetier et al. 2005

Leboissetier, A., N. Okong'o, and J. Bellan, 2005: Consistent large-eddy simulation of a temporal mixing layer laden with evaporating drops. Part 2. A posteriori modelling. J. Fluid Mech., 523, 37-78, doi:10.1017/S0022112004002101.

Large-eddy simulation (LES) is conducted of a three-dimensional temporal mixing layer whose lower stream is initially laden with liquid drops which may evaporate during the simulation. The gas-phase equations are written in an Eulerian frame for two perfect gas species (carrier gas and vapour emanating from the drops), while the liquid-phase equations are written in a Lagrangian frame. The effect of drop evaporation on the gas phase is considered through mass, species, momentum and energy source terms. The drop evolution is modelled using physical drops, or using computational drops to represent the physical drops. Simulations are performed using various LES models previously assessed on a database obtained from direct numerical simulations (DNS). These LES models are for: (i) the subgrid-scale (SGS) fluxes and (ii) the filtered source terms (FSTs) based on computational drops. The LES, which are compared to filtered-and-coarsened (FC) DNS results at the coarser LES grid, are conducted with 64 times fewer grid points than the DNS, and up to 64 times fewer computational than physical drops. It is found that both constant-coefficient and dynamic Smagorinsky SGS-flux models, though numerically stable, are overly dissipative and damp generated small-resolved-scale (SRS) turbulent structures. Although the global growth and mixing predictions of LES using Smagorinsky models are in good agreement with the FC-DNS, the spatial distributions of the drops differ significantly. In contrast, the constant-coefficient scale-similarity model and the dynamic gradient model perform well in predicting most flow features, with the latter model having the advantage of not requiring a priori calibration of the model coefficient. The ability of the dynamic models to determine the model coefficient during LES is found to be essential since the constant-coefficient gradient model, although more accurate than the Smagorinsky model, is not consistently numerically stable despite using DNS-calibrated coefficients. With accurate SGS-flux models, namely scale-similarity and dynamic gradient, the FST model allows up to a 32-fold reduction in computational drops compared to the number of physical drops, without degradation of accuracy; a 64-fold reduction leads to a slight decrease in accuracy.

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@article{le06100c,
  author={Leboissetier, A. and Okong'o, N. and Bellan, J.},
  title={Consistent large-eddy simulation of a temporal mixing layer laden with evaporating drops. Part 2. A posteriori modelling},
  year={2005},
  journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
  volume={523},
  pages={37--78},
  doi={10.1017/S0022112004002101},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - le06100c
AU  - Leboissetier, A.
AU  - Okong'o, N.
AU  - Bellan, J.
PY  - 2005
TI  - Consistent large-eddy simulation of a temporal mixing layer laden with evaporating drops. Part 2. A posteriori modelling
JA  - J. Fluid Mech.
JO  - Journal of Fluid Mechanics
VL  - 523
SP  - 37
EP  - 78
DO  - 10.1017/S0022112004002101
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