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Time-Averaged Equations For Turbulent Flow

The document discusses deriving the governing equations for turbulent flow. It starts with the Navier-Stokes equations and expresses the velocity and pressure in terms of mean and fluctuating components. Time averaging the equations leads to new equations containing terms for the mean flow and correlations of the fluctuating components.

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Time-Averaged Equations For Turbulent Flow

The document discusses deriving the governing equations for turbulent flow. It starts with the Navier-Stokes equations and expresses the velocity and pressure in terms of mean and fluctuating components. Time averaging the equations leads to new equations containing terms for the mean flow and correlations of the fluctuating components.

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Chapter 10 : Turbulent Flow


Lecture 33 :

Derivation of Governing Equations for Turbulent Flow

For incompressible flows, the Navier-Stokes equations can be rearranged in the form

(33.1a)

(33.1b)

(33.1c)

and

(33.2)

Express the velocity components and pressure in terms of time-mean values and corresponding
fluctuations. In continuity equation, this substitution and subsequent time averaging will lead to

or,

Since,

We can write (33.3a)

From Eqs (33.3a) and (33.2), we obtain

(33.3b)

It is evident that the time-averaged velocity components and the fluctuating velocity
components, each satisfy the continuity equation for incompressible flow.
Imagine a two-dimensional flow in which the turbulent components are independent of the z -
direction. Eventually, Eq.(33.3b) tends to

(33.4)

On the basis of condition (33.4), it is postulated that if at an instant there is an increase in u' in the x -

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direction, it will be followed by an increase in v' in the negative y -direction. In other words, is non-
zero and negative. (see Figure 33.2)

Fig 33.2 Each dot represents uν pair at an instant

Invoking the concepts of eqn. (32.8) into the equations of motion eqn (33.1 a, b, c), we obtain
expressions in terms of mean and fluctuating components. Now, forming time averages and

considering the rules of averaging we discern the following. The terms which are linear, such as

and vanish when they are averaged [from (32.6)]. The same is true for the mixed terms like

, or , but the quadratic terms in the fluctuating components remain in the equations. After
averaging, they form , etc.

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