Entries for July 2013

The lambda 2 criterion simply concerns the definition of the scalar lambda2 and how turbulent structures can be visualized by proper isosurfaces of lambda2 (like for the Q criterion). Hence, the real difference with the scalar Q is how you compute the scalar lambda2.

This is defined as the second (in magnitude) eigenvalue of the matrix:



where:

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Some open/free 3D panel method tools:

APAME
http://www.3dpanelmethod.com/home.html

PANAIR (A502)
http://www.pdas.com/contents15.html (look for Panair - A502)

If you are looking for something more didactic, i suggest:

http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~devenpor/aoe5104/

But it seems that the material is not available when the course is not active.

If we consider the continuity and momentum equations for a general compressible fluid:






taking the time derivative of the first one and the divergence of the second one:
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