Vortex-to-velocity reconstruction for wall-bounded turbulence via a data-driven model

Chengyue Wang, Qi Gao, Biao Wang, Chong Pan, Jinjun Wang

Published 2020-04-08Version 1

Modelling the vortex structures and then translating them into the corresponding velocity fields are two essential aspects for the vortex-based modelling works in wall-bounded turbulence. This work develops a datadriven method, which allows an effective reconstruction for the velocity field based on a given vortex field. The vortex field is defined as a vector field by combining the swirl strength and the real eigenvector of the velocity gradient tensor. The distinctive properties for the vortex field are investigated, with the relationship between the vortex magnitude and orientation revealed by the differential geometry. The vortex-to-velocity reconstruction method incorporates the vortex-vortex and vortex-velocity correlation information and derives the inducing model functions under the framework of the linear stochastic estimation. Fast Fourier transformation is employed to improve the computation efficiency in implementation. The reconstruction accuracy is accessed and compared with the widely-used Biot-Savart law. Results show that the method can effectively recover the turbulent motions in a large scale range, which is very promising for the turbulence modelling. The method is also employed to investigate the inducing effects of vortices at different heights, and some revealing results are discussed and linked to the hot research topics in wall-bounded turbulence.