<p>Liutex is a vortex identification method that provides a vector interpretation of local fluid rotation. Liutex produces a vector quantity which can be used to determine the absolute and relative strength of a vortex, the local rotation axis of a vortex, the vortex core center, the size of the vortex core, and the vortex boundary. Vortex identification and visualization is essential in computational fluid turbulence analysis and fluid mechanics in general. Until Liutex, there has not been a way to identify the core of a vortex structure or even the center of rotation of a vortex structure. Since Liutex, tools have been created to assist in the identification and analysis of vortical structures. The Liutex Core Line has been developed to better understand turbulent fluid structures. The Liutex core line is the axis or center of rotation of a vortex structure and it is defined to be unique.&nbsp;Currently, iso-surfaces are the most popular way to visualize the structure of turbulent flow but there is no reason to believe that it is the best way to represent a vortex’s structure. Previous methods that use iso-surface are strongly threshold dependent and since the Liutex core line is unique, it is independent of threshold and can show the real vortex structure. In this paper we show the benefits and promises of the Liutex Core Line as a better way of representing vortex structures.</p>

Liutex Core Line for Vortex Structure in Turbulence

Paper Proceedings: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/FEDSM/FEDSM2021/volume/85284

ASME 2021 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting (FEDSM2021)

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