Reconstruction of inhomogeneous turbulence based on stochastic Fourier-type integrals. Part I: Modeling and analysis

Abstract: In this article, we develop and analyze a Gaussian random field model for the reconstruction of inhomogeneous turbulence from characteristic flow quantities provided by $k$-$\varepsilon$ simulations. The model is based on stochastic integrals that combine moving average and Fourier-type representations in time and space, respectively, where both the time integration kernel and the spatial energy spectrum depend on the macroscopically varying characteristic quantities. The structure of the model is derived from standard spectral representations of homogeneous fields by means of a two scale approach in combination with specific stochastic integral transformations. Our approach allows for a rigorous analytical verification of the desired statistical properties and is accessible to numerical simulation. The constructed inhomogeneous field is shown to satisfy the characteristic $k$-$\varepsilon$ flow properties and the condition of incompressibility in an asymptotic sense. Moreover, a novel inhomogeneous ergodicity result establishes the approximation of local characteristic values by means of local averages in time and space.