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20122020
most citedA fast direct numerical simulation method for characterising hydraulic roughness

108 citations · 378 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

physics.flu-dyn202097 cited

Turbulent flow over transitionally rough surfaces with varying roughness densities

M. MacDonald, L. Chan, D. Chung +2

We investigate rough-wall turbulent flows through direct numerical simulations of flow over three-dimensional transitionally rough sinusoidal surfaces. The roughness Reynolds numbe…

physics.flu-dyn202051 cited

Direct numerical simulation of high aspect ratio spanwise-aligned bars

M. MacDonald, A. Ooi, R. García-Mayoral +2

We conduct minimal-channel direct numerical simulations of turbulent flow over two-dimensional rectangular bars aligned in the spanwise direction. This roughness has been often des…

physics.flu-dyn202036 cited

On the mixing length eddies and logarithmic mean velocity profile in wall turbulence

Michael Heisel, Charitha M. de Silva, Nicholas Hutchins +2

Since the introduction of the logarithmic law of the wall more than 80 years ago, the equation for the mean velocity profile in turbulent boundary layers has been widely applied to…

physics.flu-dyn2019

Heat transfer in rough-wall turbulent thermal convection in the ultimate regime

Michael MacDonald, Nicholas Hutchins, Detlef Lohse +1

Heat and momentum transfer in wall-bounded turbulent flow, coupled with the effects of wall-roughness, is one of the outstanding questions in turbulence research. In the standard R…

physics.flu-dyn2018

Roughness effects in turbulent forced convection

M. MacDonald, N. Hutchins, D. Chung

We conducted direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of turbulent flow over three-dimensional sinusoidal roughness in a channel. A passive scalar is present in the flow with Prandtl nu…

physics.flu-dyn2018

Vertical Coherence of Turbulence in the Atmospheric Surface Layer: Connecting the Hypotheses of Townsend and Davenport

Dominik Krug, Woutijn J. Baars, Nicholas Hutchins +1

Statistical descriptions of coherent flow motions in the atmospheric boundary layer have many applications in the wind engineering community. For instance, the dynamical characteri…