The triple decomposition of a fluctuating velocity field in a multiscale flow
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Author(s)
Baj, P
Bruce, PJK
Buxton, ORH
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A new method for the triple decomposition of a multiscale flow, which is based on the novel optimal mode decomposition (OMD) technique, is presented. OMD provides low order linear dynamics, which fits a given data set in an optimal way and is used to distinguish between a coherent (periodic) part of a flow and a stochastic fluctuation. The method needs no external phase indication since this information, separate for coherent structures associated with each length scale introduced into the flow, appears as the output. The proposed technique is compared against two traditional methods of the triple decomposition, i.e., bin averaging and proper orthogonal decomposition. This is done with particle image velocimetry data documenting the near wake of a multiscale bar array. It is shown that both traditional methods are unable to provide a reliable estimation for the coherent fluctuation while the proposed technique performs very well. The crucial result is that the coherence peaks are not observed within the spectral properties of the stochastic fluctuation derived with the proposed method; however, these properties remain unaltered at the residual frequencies. This proves the method’s capability of making a distinction between both types of fluctuations. The sensitivity to some prescribed parameters is checked revealing the technique’s robustness. Additionally, an example of the method application for analysis of a multiscale flow is given, i.e., the phase conditioned transverse integral length is investigated in the near wake region of the multiscale object array.
Date Issued
2015-07-07
Date Acceptance
2015-06-17
Citation
Physics of Fluids, 2015, 27 (7), pp.075104-1-075104-24
ISSN
1070-6631
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Start Page
075104-1
End Page
075104-24
Journal / Book Title
Physics of Fluids
Volume
27
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2015 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Physics of Fluids 27, 075104 (2015); doi: 10.1063/1.4923744 and may be found at http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/pof2/27/7/10.1063/1.4923744
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Identifier
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4923744
Grant Number
FP7 - 317269
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Mechanics
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Physics
MODE DECOMPOSITION
CIRCULAR-CYLINDER
ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE
NUMBERS
WAKE
PIV
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
Fluids & Plasmas
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
075104
Date Publish Online
2015-07-07