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Old   June 27, 2009, 05:44
Question Howto get the production and dissipation of TKE??
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Anyone knows how to get the production and dissipation of TKE (turbulence kinetic energy)? Thanks

Is it in this way:
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        volSymmTensorField D = symm(fvc::grad(U));
        //volTensorField Dprim = symm(fvc::grad(U - UMean));

        volScalarField prod = -((U - UMean)*(U - UMean)) && D;
        volScalarField epsilon = sgsModel->epsilon();
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  • Rate of production of turbulence kinetic energy from the mean flow(gradient): - \left\langle u_{i}u_{j} \right\rangle \frac{\partial U_{i}}{\partial x_{j}}
  • Rate of dissipation of turbulence kinetic energy per unit mass due to viscous stresses: \epsilon \equiv 2\nu \left\langle s_{ij}s_{ij} \right\rangle
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Old   July 6, 2010, 11:55
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Dear Daniel

I am also interested in this topic. Therefore, I would like to know if you found an answer to your question in the meantime.


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Sorry, it'e been a long time, but doesn't the codes in my last post work for you?
you can try with a channel case and see if its distribution is correct.

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Hi,

why did you take the symmetrical part of grad(U) ? Why didn't you compute
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R && fvc::grad(Umean)
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Notice that the method epsilon() returns the SGS dissipation rate. Check doxygen to see how it is computed, depending on the specific model.
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Hi Alberto,

thank you for your answer. When I take a look at src\turbulenceModels\LES\incompressible\oneEqEddy\ oneEqEddy.C, I read:

Code:
void oneEqEddy::correct(const tmp<volTensorField>& gradU)
{
    GenEddyVisc::correct(gradU);

    volScalarField G = 2.0*nuSgs_*magSqr(symm(gradU));

    solve
    (
       fvm::ddt(k_)
     + fvm::div(phi(), k_)
     - fvm::laplacian(DkEff(), k_)
    ==
       G
     - fvm::Sp(ce_*sqrt(k_)/delta(), k_)
    );

    bound(k_, k0());

    nuSgs_ = ck_*sqrt(k_)*delta();
    nuSgs_.correctBoundaryConditions();
}
it appears that, in src\turbulenceModels\LES\incompressible\GenEddyVis c\GenEddyVisc.H (for example), epsilon() represents
Code:
ce_*sqrt(k_)/delta()
. But, what I am interrested in is G, the production. Since I am doing DNS computations, I have access to both the Reynolds Stress and the gradient of the mean component of velocity, and I do not want to use any eddy viscosity to compute it, like in
Code:
2.0*nuSgs_*magSqr(symm(gradU))
. I just need the formula to combine R and fvc::grad(Umean) properly.

I also do not understand why the symmetric part of the gradient of U is mentionned in the previous post.

Regards,

JD
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The double-inner product of a symmetric and asymmetric second-rank tensor is zero, so in that sense, only the symmetric part of gradU "survives" anyway. So using only the symmetric part is harmless, but perhaps unnecessary.
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Hi Alberto,

thank you for your answer. When I take a look at src\turbulenceModels\LES\incompressible\oneEqEddy\ oneEqEddy.C, I read:

Code:
void oneEqEddy::correct(const tmp<volTensorField>& gradU)
{
    GenEddyVisc::correct(gradU);

    volScalarField G = 2.0*nuSgs_*magSqr(symm(gradU));

    solve
    (
       fvm::ddt(k_)
     + fvm::div(phi(), k_)
     - fvm::laplacian(DkEff(), k_)
    ==
       G
     - fvm::Sp(ce_*sqrt(k_)/delta(), k_)
    );

    bound(k_, k0());

    nuSgs_ = ck_*sqrt(k_)*delta();
    nuSgs_.correctBoundaryConditions();
}
it appears that, in src\turbulenceModels\LES\incompressible\GenEddyVis c\GenEddyVisc.H (for example), epsilon() represents
Code:
ce_*sqrt(k_)/delta()
. But, what I am interrested in is G, the production.
My comment was to point out that

volScalarField epsilon = sgsModel->epsilon();

does not return what you want. That epsilon is only the SGS epsilon.

Since you do DNS, just apply the definition and you will be fine :-)

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Hi,

This is an old thread, but I wonder if anyone has achieved a reliable method to calculate TKE dissipation?!

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Hi Alberto,

thank you for your answer. When I take a look at src\turbulenceModels\LES\incompressible\oneEqEddy\ oneEqEddy.C, I read:

Code:
void oneEqEddy::correct(const tmp<volTensorField>& gradU)
{
    GenEddyVisc::correct(gradU);

    volScalarField G = 2.0*nuSgs_*magSqr(symm(gradU));

    solve
    (
       fvm::ddt(k_)
     + fvm::div(phi(), k_)
     - fvm::laplacian(DkEff(), k_)
    ==
       G
     - fvm::Sp(ce_*sqrt(k_)/delta(), k_)
    );

    bound(k_, k0());

    nuSgs_ = ck_*sqrt(k_)*delta();
    nuSgs_.correctBoundaryConditions();
}
it appears that, in src\turbulenceModels\LES\incompressible\GenEddyVis c\GenEddyVisc.H (for example), epsilon() represents
Code:
ce_*sqrt(k_)/delta()
. But, what I am interrested in is G, the production. Since I am doing DNS computations, I have access to both the Reynolds Stress and the gradient of the mean component of velocity, and I do not want to use any eddy viscosity to compute it, like in
Code:
2.0*nuSgs_*magSqr(symm(gradU))
. I just need the formula to combine R and fvc::grad(Umean) properly.

I also do not understand why the symmetric part of the gradient of U is mentionned in the previous post.

Regards,

JD

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Did you find any way out ? I'm also stuck at the same state.
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