Simulation of three-dimensional forced compressible isotropic turbulence by a redesigned discrete unified gas kinetic scheme

Tao Chen, Xin Wen, Lian‐Ping Wang, Zhaoli Guo, Jianchun Wang, Shiyi Chen, Dauren B. Zhakebayev

2022

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DOI 10.1063/5.0079714
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Abstract

In this paper, we implemented the Boltzmann-equation-based mesoscopic model, developed recently by Chen et al. [“Inverse design of mesoscopic models for compressible flow using the Chapman–Enskog analysis,” Adv. Aerodyn. 3, 5 (2021)], to simulate three-dimensional (3D) forced compressible isotropic turbulence. In this model, both the Prandtl number and the ratio of bulk to shear viscosity can be arbitrary prescribed. The statistically stationary turbulent flow is driven by a large-scale momentum forcing in the Fourier space, with the internal heating due to the viscous dissipation at small scales being removed by a thermal cooling function. Under the framework of discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS), a 3D direct numerical simulation code has been developed, incorporating a generalized Strang-splitting scheme. The weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) scheme is used to increase local spatial accuracy in the reconstruction of particle distribution functions at the cell interface. A 3D discrete particle velocity model with a ninth-order Gauss–Hermite quadrature accuracy is used to ensure accurate evaluation of viscous stress and heat flux in the continuum regime. We simulate forced compressible isotropic turbulence at both low and high turbulent Mach numbers. A direct comparison is performed with the results obtained from a hybrid compact finite difference-WENO scheme solving directly the Navier–Stokes–Fourier system. The comparison validates our DUGKS code and indicates that DUGKS is a reliable and promising tool for simulating forced compressible isotropic turbulence. The work represents a first study to directly simulate forced compressible turbulence by a mesoscopic method based on the Boltzmann equation.