The classical Ekman theory tells us that the ocean surface current turns to the right(left) side of wind direction with 45° in the north(south) hemisphere,but the observation and research results show that the su...The classical Ekman theory tells us that the ocean surface current turns to the right(left) side of wind direction with 45° in the north(south) hemisphere,but the observation and research results show that the surface current deflexion angle is smaller than 45° in the Arctic and high latitude areas while larger than 45° in the low latitude areas.In order to explain these phenomena,a series of idealized numerical experiments are designed to investigate the influence of vertical viscosity coefficients with different vertical distribution characteristics on the classical and steady Ekman spiral structure.Results show that when the vertical viscosity coefficient decreases with water depth,the surface current deflexion angle is larger than 45°,whereas the angle is smaller than 45° when the vertical viscosity coefficient increases with water depth.So the different observed surface current deflexion angles in low latitude sea areas and the Arctic regions should be attributed to the different vertical distribution characteristics of vertical viscosity coefficients in the upper ocean.The flatness of the Ekman spiral is not equal to one and does not show regular behaviors for the numerical experiments with different distribution of vertical viscosity.However,the magnitudes and directions of volume transport of Ekman spirals are almost the same as the results of classical Ekman theory,i.e.,vertical viscosity coefficient distributions have no effect on the magnitudes and directions of volume transport.展开更多
In most of partially averaged Navier-Stokes（PANS）methods,the Reynolds stress is solved by a linear hypothesis isotropic model.They could not capture all kinds of vortexes in tubomachineries.In this paper,a PANS mode...In most of partially averaged Navier-Stokes（PANS）methods,the Reynolds stress is solved by a linear hypothesis isotropic model.They could not capture all kinds of vortexes in tubomachineries.In this paper,a PANS model is modified from the RNG k-？turbulence model and is used to investigate the influence of the nonlinear shear stress on the simulation of the high pressure gradient flows and the large curvature flows.Comparisons are made between the result obtained by using the PANS model modified from the RNG k-？model and that obtained by using the nonlinear PANS methods.The flow past a curved rectangular duct is calculated by using the PANS methods.The obtained nonlinear shear stress agrees well with the experimental results,especially in the high pressure gradient region.The calculation results show that the nonlinear PANS methods are more reliable than the linear PANS methods for the high pressure gradient flows,the large curvature flows,and they can be used to capture complex vortexes in a turbomachinary.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40876015)the Project of Comprehensive Evaluation of Polar Areas on Global and Regional Climate Changes(Grant No.CHINARE2012-04-04)
文摘The classical Ekman theory tells us that the ocean surface current turns to the right(left) side of wind direction with 45° in the north(south) hemisphere,but the observation and research results show that the surface current deflexion angle is smaller than 45° in the Arctic and high latitude areas while larger than 45° in the low latitude areas.In order to explain these phenomena,a series of idealized numerical experiments are designed to investigate the influence of vertical viscosity coefficients with different vertical distribution characteristics on the classical and steady Ekman spiral structure.Results show that when the vertical viscosity coefficient decreases with water depth,the surface current deflexion angle is larger than 45°,whereas the angle is smaller than 45° when the vertical viscosity coefficient increases with water depth.So the different observed surface current deflexion angles in low latitude sea areas and the Arctic regions should be attributed to the different vertical distribution characteristics of vertical viscosity coefficients in the upper ocean.The flatness of the Ekman spiral is not equal to one and does not show regular behaviors for the numerical experiments with different distribution of vertical viscosity.However,the magnitudes and directions of volume transport of Ekman spirals are almost the same as the results of classical Ekman theory,i.e.,vertical viscosity coefficient distributions have no effect on the magnitudes and directions of volume transport.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51406010,51479166)
文摘In most of partially averaged Navier-Stokes（PANS）methods,the Reynolds stress is solved by a linear hypothesis isotropic model.They could not capture all kinds of vortexes in tubomachineries.In this paper,a PANS model is modified from the RNG k-？turbulence model and is used to investigate the influence of the nonlinear shear stress on the simulation of the high pressure gradient flows and the large curvature flows.Comparisons are made between the result obtained by using the PANS model modified from the RNG k-？model and that obtained by using the nonlinear PANS methods.The flow past a curved rectangular duct is calculated by using the PANS methods.The obtained nonlinear shear stress agrees well with the experimental results,especially in the high pressure gradient region.The calculation results show that the nonlinear PANS methods are more reliable than the linear PANS methods for the high pressure gradient flows,the large curvature flows,and they can be used to capture complex vortexes in a turbomachinary.
