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Modelling Lagrangian Velocity And Acceleration In Turbulent Flows As Infinitely Differentiable Stochastic Process, Bianca Fontanin Viggiano, Jan Friedrich, Romain Volk, Mickael Bourgoin, Raúl Bayoán Cal, Laurent Chevillard Jan 2020

Modelling Lagrangian Velocity And Acceleration In Turbulent Flows As Infinitely Differentiable Stochastic Process, Bianca Fontanin Viggiano, Jan Friedrich, Romain Volk, Mickael Bourgoin, Raúl Bayoán Cal, Laurent Chevillard

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

We develop a stochastic model for Lagrangian velocity as it is observed in experimental and numerical fully developed turbulent flows. We define it as the unique statistically stationary solution of a causal dynamics, given by a stochastic differential equation. In comparison to previously proposed stochastic models, the obtained process is infinitely differentiable at a given finite Reynolds number, and its second-order statistical properties converge to those of an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process in the infinite Reynolds number limit. In this limit, it exhibits furthermore intermittent scaling properties, as they can be quantified using higher-order statistics. To achieve this, we begin with generalizing …


Inverse Structure Functions In The Canonical Wind Turbine Array Boundary Layer, Bianca Viggiano, Moira Gion, Naseem Ali, Murat Tutkun, Raúl Bayoán Cal Oct 2016

Inverse Structure Functions In The Canonical Wind Turbine Array Boundary Layer, Bianca Viggiano, Moira Gion, Naseem Ali, Murat Tutkun, Raúl Bayoán Cal

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Wind tunnel measurements for a 3×3 canonical wind turbine array boundary layer are obtained using hot-wire anemometer velocity signals. Two downstream locations are considered, referring to the near- and far-wake, and 21 vertical points are acquired per profile. Velocity increments and exit distances are used to quantify inverse structure functions at both downstream locations. Inverse structure functions in the near-wake show a similar profile for the main vertical locations, but diverge as the moment is increased. In the far-wake, inverse structure functions converge toward a single function for all vertical location and moments. The scaling exponents for inverse structure functions …