Turbulence dissipation rate
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| - | Turbulence dissipation, <math>\epsilon</math> is the rate at which [[turbulence kinetic energy]] is converted into thermal internal energy. The SI unit of <math>\epsilon</math> is <math>J / kg s = m^2 / s^3</math>. | + | Turbulence dissipation, <math>\epsilon</math> is the rate at which [[turbulence kinetic energy]] is converted into thermal internal energy. The SI unit of <math>\epsilon</math> is <math>\mathrm{J} / (\mathrm{kg} \cdot \mathrm{s}) = \mathrm{m}^2 / \mathrm{s}^3</math>. |
<math>\epsilon \, \equiv \, \nu \overline{\frac{\partial u_i'}{\partial x_k}\frac{\partial u_i'}{\partial x_k}}</math> | <math>\epsilon \, \equiv \, \nu \overline{\frac{\partial u_i'}{\partial x_k}\frac{\partial u_i'}{\partial x_k}}</math> | ||
Latest revision as of 01:00, 11 April 2015
Turbulence dissipation, 
is the rate at which turbulence kinetic energy is converted into thermal internal energy. The SI unit of is 
.
For compressible flows the definition is most often slightly different:
Where the viscous stress, 
, using Stokes law for mono-atomic gases, is given by:
where
