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Time-delayed characteristics of turbulence in pulsatile pipe flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

Xu Liu Open the ORCID record for Xu Liu [Opens in a new window] ,
Hongbo Zhu Open the ORCID record for Hongbo Zhu [Opens in a new window] ,
Yan Bao Open the ORCID record for Yan Bao [Opens in a new window] ,
Narakorn Srinil ,
Dai Zhou  and
Zhaolong Han
Xu Liu
Affiliation:
School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
Hongbo Zhu
Affiliation:
School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
Yan Bao*
Affiliation:
School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China Key Laboratory of Hydrodynamics of Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200240, PR China
Narakorn Srinil
Affiliation:
School of Engineering, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, UK
Dai Zhou
Affiliation:
School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China Key Laboratory of Hydrodynamics of Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200240, PR China
Zhaolong Han
Affiliation:
School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China Key Laboratory of Hydrodynamics of Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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†Email address for correspondence: ybao@sjtu.edu.cn
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Abstract

Direct numerical simulations are performed to study temporal variations of the wall shear stresses and flow dynamics in the turbulent pulsatile pipe flow. The mechanisms, responsible for the paradoxical phenomenon for which the amplitude of the oscillating wall shear stress in the turbulent flow is smaller than that in the laminar flow for the same pulsation conditions, are investigated. It is shown that the delayed response of turbulence in the buffer layer generates a large magnitude of the radial gradient of the Reynolds shear stress near the wall, which counteracts the effect of the oscillating pressure gradient on the change of the streamwise velocity and hence reduces the amplitude of the wall shear stress. Such a delayed response consists of two processes: the delayed development of near-wall streaks and the subsequent energy redistribution from the streamwise velocity fluctuation to the other two co-existing components. This is a dynamical manifestation of the viscoelasticity of turbulent eddies. As the frequency is reduced, the variation of the friction Reynolds number results in a phase-wise variation of the time scale and intensity of the turbulence response, causing the hysteresis of the wall shear stress. Such a phase asymmetry is amplified by the increase of the pulsation amplitude. An examination of the energy spectra reveals that the near-wall streaks are stretched in the streamwise direction during the acceleration phase, and then break up into small-scale structures in the deceleration phase, accompanied by the enhanced dissipation that transforms the turbulent kinetic energy into heat.

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Turbulent Flows: Pipe flow Turbulent Flows: Turbulence simulation
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 979 , 25 January 2024 , A24
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