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132). I Generation/destruction rate due to macroscopic time fluctuations: buoyancy generation/destructions rate of (A;)* due to time fluctuations of the macroscopic velocity and temperature. This term is also present in turbulent flow in clear (non-obstructed) domains and represents an exchange between the energy associated with the macroscopic turbulent motion and potential energy. In stable stratification, this term damps turbulence by being of negative value whereas the potential energy of the system is increased.

To the interested reader, mathematical details and proof of the theorem of local volumetricaverage can be found in Slattery (1967), Whitaker (1969,1999), and Gray and Lee (1977). For single-phase flow, phase / is the fluid itself and Ui = 0 if the porous substrate is assumed to be fixed. 19), the only restriction applied is the independence of A F in relation to time and space. If the medium is further assumed to be rigid, then AV/ is dependent only on space and not time-dependent, see Gray and Lee (1977).

144), gives for the same convection term: V • UiumiY) = V • UUuY {miY + {'u'ruiY H- {u'Y {m'^Y + {'u'^m'^y)\ t t t t I II III IV . 148) Here the order of application of both the averaging operators to the entire equation is immaterial and the proof is left to the interested reader. 148) could be given the following physical significance (multiplied by p). I Convective mass flux based on macroscopic time-mean velocity and mass fraction. II Mass dispersion associated with deviations of the microscopic time-mean velocity and mass fraction.

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