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Aspects of Supercritical Turbulence: Direct Numerical Simulation of O2/H2 and C7H16/N2 Temporal Mixing LayersResults from Direct Numerical Simulations of temporal, supercritical mixing layers for two species systems are analyzed to elucidate species-specific turbulence aspects. The two species systems, O2/H2 and C7HG16/N2, have different thermodynamic characteristics; thus, although the simulations are performed at similar reduced pressure (ratio of the pressure to the critical pressure), the former system is dose to mixture ideality and has a relatively high solubility with respect to the latter, which exhibits strong departures from mixture ideality Due to the specified, smaller initial density stratification, the C7H16/N2 layers display higher growth and increased global molecular mixing as well as larger turbulence levels. However, smaller density gradients at the transitional state for the O2/H2 system indicate that on a local basis, the layer exhibits an enhanced mixing, this being attributed to the increased solubility and to mixture ideality. These thermodynamic features are shown to affect the irreversible entropy production (i.e. the dissipation), which is larger for the O2/H2 layer and is primarily concentrated in high density-gradient magnitude regions that are distortions of the initial density stratification boundary. In contrast, the regions of largest dissipation in the C7H16/N2 layer are located in high density-gradient magnitude regions resulting from the mixing of the two fluids.
Document ID
20020075595
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bellan, J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Okongo, N. A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Harstad, K. G.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Hutt, John
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 2002
Publication Information
Publication: 38th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting
Volume: 1
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Thermodynamics
Distribution Limits
Public
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