Astrophysics > Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
[Submitted on 16 Sep 2013 (v1), last revised 15 Mar 2014 (this version, v2)]
Title:Cosmological Fluid Mechanics with Adaptively Refined Large Eddy Simulations
View PDFAbstract:We investigate turbulence generated by cosmological structure formation by means of large eddy simulations using adaptive mesh refinement. In contrast to the widely used implicit large eddy simulations, which resolve a limited range of length scales and treat the effect of turbulent velocity fluctuations below the grid scale solely by numerical dissipation, we apply a subgrid-scale model for the numerically unresolved fraction of the turbulence energy. For simulations with adaptive mesh refinement, we utilize a new methodology that allows us to adjust the scale-dependent energy variables in such a way that the sum of resolved and unresolved energies is globally conserved. We test our approach in simulations of randomly forced turbulence, a gravitationally bound cloud in a wind, and the Santa Barbara cluster. To treat inhomogeneous turbulence, we introduce an adaptive Kalman filtering technique that separates turbulent velocity fluctuations on resolved length scales from the non-turbulent bulk flow. From the magnitude of the fluctuating component and the subgrid-scale turbulence energy, a total turbulent velocity dispersion of several 100 km/s is obtained for the Santa Barbara cluster, while the low-density gas outside the accretion shocks is nearly devoid of turbulence. The energy flux through the turbulent cascade and the dissipation rate predicted by the subgrid-scale model correspond to dynamical time scales around 5 Gyr, independent of numerical resolution.
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From: Wolfram Schmidt [view email][v1] Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:09:12 UTC (8,819 KB)
[v2] Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:53:03 UTC (8,718 KB)
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