Clarkson University
Woodstock Lodge
Of Interest
CRCD Home
ME 637 Home
Syllabus
Assignments
Downloads
Site Map
Course Notes
Engineering Mathematics
Review of Viscous Flows
Review of Computational Fluid Mechanics
Review of Turbulence and Turbulence Modeling

Particle Adhesion
Colloids
Simulation Methods
Experimental Techniques
Applications
Search Powered by Google

The National Science Foundation
ME 637 The National Science Foundation
  Review of Turbulence & Turbulence Modeling
Features of Turbulence | Reynolds Equation and Mixing Length Model | Energy Equations | Correlations and Scales | Vorticity Transport | Two-Equation Model | Stress Transport Models | Rate-Dependent Models | PDF Models |

Vorticity Equations

During a turbulent motion   and   become random functions of space and time, and they may be decomposed into a mean and fluctuating parts. i.e.,

, , , (11)

, , , (12)

where  and   are the mean quantities and   and   are the fluctuating parts. As was noted before, a bar on the top of the letter stands for the (time) averaged quantity.

Substituting (11) and (12) into Equation (10) after averaging we find the mean vorticity transport equation. That is

. (13)

Subtracting (13) from (10) leads to the equation for the vorticity fluctuation field. That is

. (14)

Equation (14) may be used to derive the mean square vorticity or dissipation rate transport equations.



Dr. Goodarz Ahmadi | Turbulence & Multiphase Fluid Flow Laboratory | Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering
Copyright © 2002-2005 Dr. Goodarz Ahmadi. All rights reserved.
Potsdam, New York, 13699
ahmadi@clarkson.edu