This study proposes a spectrum-based extrapolation approach to improve the estimation of the turbulent energy dissipation rate in experimental measurements where high frequency noise and limited temporal resolution make accurate estimation difficult. ...
This study proposes a spectrum-based extrapolation approach to improve the estimation of the turbulent energy dissipation rate in experimental measurements where high frequency noise and limited temporal resolution make accurate estimation difficult. In experimental measurements, the one-dimensional longitudinal spectrum becomes flattened in the high frequency range due to white noise, and direct use of dissipation spectrum leads to overestimation of the dissipation rate. To address this issue, the present method retains the reliable portion of the measured spectrum and replaces the noise contaminated high frequency region with an exponential reference spectrum that represents the expected decay in the dissipation range.
The parameters of the exponential reference spectrum were first determined using wind-tunnel data in which the dissipation range was sufficiently resolved. The extrapolation procedure was then tested by artificially truncating the spectrum and extrapolating the missing range. The same procedure was applied to 3D-PIV measurements of a cylinder wake. The abnormal rise in the dissipation spectrum caused by high frequency noise was effectively removed, and the extrapolated spectrum recovered the physically expected decay in the dissipation range.
The proposed method enhances the reproducibility of dissipation rate estimates across different experimental conditions. This approach can be applied to various measurement techniques, including hot-wire anemometry and PIV, and provides a practical way to obtain physically consistent dissipation rate estimates even when experimental resolution is limited and high frequency noise is present.