Karhunen-Lo`{e}ve decomposition is a well established tool, in areas such as signal processing, data compression and low-dimensional modeling. In computational fluid mechanics (CFD) too, KL decomposition can be used to achieve reduced storage requirements, or construction of relatively low-dimensional
models. These relatively low-dimensional models, can be used to investigate the dynamics of the flow
field in a qualitative manner. Employment of these reduced models is beneficial, as the they can be studied with even stringent computing resources. In addition, these models enable the identification and investigation of interactions between flowlets of different nature (the flow field is decomposed into these flowlets). However, one should not forget that, the reduced models do not necessarily capture the entire dynamics of the original flow, especially in the case of turbulent flows.
In the presented study, a KL basis is used to construct reduced models of Navier-Stokes equations in the case of wall-bounded turbulent flow, using Galerkin projection. The resulting nonlinear dynamical systems are then used to investigate the dynamics of transition to turbulence in plane Poiseuille flow in a qualitative fashion. The KL basis used, is extracted from a flow filed obtained from a direct numerical simulation of plane Poiseuille flow.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605829/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2005 |
| Creators | Tugluk, Ozan |
| Contributors | Tarman, Hakan I. |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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