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rotationnumber[18], remarkable increasesin thespanwise turbulentheatflux, wθ,
are also observed near the wall and center of the channel. However, the mean tem-
perature and the other turbulent heat fluxes of this case are hardly affected by the
rotation as indicated in Figures 8.26 and 8.27. Note that the counter-gradient dif-
fusion phenomenon was found between the spanwise mean velocity and Reynolds
shear stress,
vw in Case 2[18].Therefore,thelinear eddy diffusivity model cannot
accurately predict in this case [18].
In view of turbulence modeling, this fact clearly demonstrates that the linear
eddy diffusivity models cannot be applied to calculate the thermal field of rotating
channelflow, because itis difficult toinclude therotational effect inthe lineareddy
diffusivity model. On the other hand, it is well known that it is difficult for a linear
eddy diffusivity model to predict the streamwise turbulent heat flux. Although the
spanwise heat flux also appears in these cases, the model might not predict it by
reason of the modeled hypothesis, i.e., gradient diffusion modeling. Therefore, in
order to accurately predict the heat transfer of rotating channel flows, the turbulent
heat-flux equation model, the algebraic turbulent heat-flux model, or the nonlinear
eddy diffusivity model should be used. In this study, the nonlinear eddy diffusivity
for heat model (NLEDHM) [16] is developed to predict adequately these heat
transfer phenomena of rotating channel flows.
8.7 Nonlinear Eddy Diffusivity Model forWall-Bounded
Turbulent Flow
8.7.1 Evaluations of existing turbulence models in rotating
wall-bounded flows
The evaluated models are acubicmodel by Craft et al.[40] (hereinafter referred to
as NLCLS) and a quadratic model by Nagano and Hattori [38] (NLHN).
Evaluations of wall-normal rotating flows predicted by the NLCLS and the
NLHN models are indicated in Figure 8.28. In this case, it can be seen that
the NLHN accurately reproduces turbulent quantities. Thus, one may consider
that streamwise rotating flows can be predicted using a quadratic nonlinear
model. However, the wall-limiting behavior of the Reynolds stress component
in the wall-normal direction is not predicted in the vicinity of the wall shown in
Figure 8.28f.
Figure8.29showsthe assessmentresultusingthepresent DNSof two-equation
modelswithNLEDMinthecaseofstreamwiserotatingchannelflow.Obviously,the
quadratic model cannot reproduce this flow as mentioned in the previous section.
The cubic model indicates overprediction of mean streamwise velocity,
U, and
underpredictstheReynoldsshearstress,
vw, inthecaseofahigherrotationnumber.
Thewall-limitingbehaviorofReynoldsstresscomponentsisshowninFigure8.29f.
Although theNLHN modelis modeled tosatisfy thewall-limitingbehaviourof the
Reynoldsstresscomponentinthewall-normaldirectioninspanwiserotationalflow,
it can be seen that the model does not reproduce the wall-limiting behavior.