Large-eddy simulation at high-spatial resolution of gaseous dispersion experiment in a cavity

Abstract

We conducted an experiment and large-eddy simulations （LESs） of turbulent dispersion of a passive tracer in a cavity space. LESs were run on simple orthogonal numerical grids that had a grid spacing of H/200 and H/400 （where H is the cavity height）. Although the grid spacing of H/200 in the cavity was sufficient to allow prediction of mean and variance of concentration, it underestimated concentration fluctuation at high frequency, as compared to the experiment. However, LES with a grid spacing of H/400 successfully provided probability density functions and power spectra of concentration that agreed very well with those in the experiment.