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Vorticity’s Impact on the Reynolds Stress Gradients in Atmospheric Turbulent Boundary Layers

Semester: Spring 2025


Presentation description

To improve RANS accuracy in turbulent flow simulations, we analyzed atmospheric turbulence data from IPAQS19 using a velocity-vorticity relationship. Filtering for specific wind events, like northerly winds with high mechanical forcing, revealed that vorticity correlates with normal Reynolds stresses, not just shear stresses as previously assumed. This suggests all Reynolds stress terms are significant in RANS modeling of turbulent flows.

Presenter Name: James Karr
Presentation Type: Poster
Presentation Format: In Person
Presentation #4B
College: Engineering
School / Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research Mentor: Eric Pardyjak
Time: 10:45 AM
Physical Location or Zoom link:

Union Ballroom