Large-eddy simulation of stratified channel flow

An investigation of large-eddy simulation (LES) for turbulent channel flow with buoyancy effects was performed by solving the resolved incompressible Navier-Stokes equations under the Boussinesq approximation. The Smagorinsky eddy-viscosity model and Yoshizawa eddy-viscosity model were used to describe the unresolved subgrid scale (SGS) fluctuations respectively. After some numerical testing, the latter was further simplified so that it can be used in the dynamic model closure. A LES code was developed for parallel computations by using the parallel technique, and was run on the Dawn-1000 parallel computer. To demonstrate the viability and accuracy of the code, our results are compared with and found in good agreement with available LES results.