Some characteristics of low-speed streaks under sheared air-water interfaces

The characteristics of low-speed fluid streaks occurring under sheared air-water interfaces were examined by means of hydrogen bubble visualization technique. A critical shear condition under which the streaky structure first appears was determined to beu _τ≈0.19 cm/s. The mean spanwise streak spacing increases with distance from the water surface owing to merging and bursting processes, and a linear relationship describing variation of non-dimensional spacing versusy ⁺ was found essentially independent of shear stress on the interface. Values of , however, are remarkably smaller than their counterparts in the near-wall region of turbulent boundary layers. Though low-speed streaks occur randomly in time and space, the streak spacing exhibits a lognormal probability distribution behavior. A tentative explanation concerning the formation of streaky structure is suggested, and the fact that takes rather smaller values than that in wall turbulence is briefly discussed. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19672070)     

An experimental study of interacting coherent structures in the turbulent near wake behind a pair of square cylinders

An experimental investigation (LDA technique) of coherent structures in the turbulent plane near wake behind a pair of square cylinders in side-by-side arrangement is presented with particular emphasis put on the use of 2D invariant structural measures.     

剪切水-气界面下湍流猝发特征的实验研究

利用氢气泡时间线-脉线组合示踪技术定量地考察剪切水-气界面下的湍流猝发现象,分析 猝发事件的信号特征,重点探讨猝发与湍能产生之间的联系. 在猝发过程中,水面近区的瞬 时流速和Reynolds切应力出现较大幅度的脉动,它们在时间和空间垂直方向上表现出高度 的相干性,这是猝发事件的一个显著特征. 在猝发期,猝发事件涉及的空间区域内Reynolds 切应力和湍流脉动强度明显比平均值和非猝发期的情况大. 其结果表明：在所考察的实验 条件下,猝发是剪切水-气界面附近湍流产生的主要过程.     

Interaction of turbulent coherent structures and small scale structures

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剪切湍流大尺度相干结构的模式研究

发展了一种计算剪切湍流大尺度相干结构的新模式．该模式的基础是认为大尺度相干结构为湍流场中流体脉动能量增长最快的那部分，且包含大部分的湍流脉动能量．在此基础上。通过对湍流相干能量方程的推演。建立了描述大尺度相干结构的特征控制方程，并应用Ｃｈｅｂｙｓｈｅｖ多项式方法求得湍流相干能量的最大增长率在波数空间的分布，从而获得对应的大尺度相干结构．应用该模式研究了槽流和一自然对流中的大尺度相干结构，得到的近壁区流动结构与实验现象十分接近．     

槽道湍流近壁结构的DPIV观测实验

采用DPIV系统(由两台CCD相机组成)对槽道湍流进行速度场时间历程的观测实验,通 过对大量测量结果的综合分析,取得了槽道湍流近壁结构的空间结构及其时间演化过程特征 的结果,可以揭示上扫下掠、湍流瞬时速度型等现象与大尺度涡演化的物理关系,解释若干 湍流大尺度结构的特征机理,还表明DPIV系统提供了一种定量观测湍流的时空结构特征的手 段.     

TRPIV measurement of turbulent coherent structures in a drag-reducing flow bypolymers

Fully developed turbulentflow fields with and without polymer solution at the same Reynolds number were measured by time-resolved particle image velocimetry (TRPIV) in a water channel toinvestigate the mechanism of drag-reducingsolution from theview of coherent structures manipulation. The streamwise mean velocity and Reynolds stress profiles in thesolution werecompared with those in water. After adding the polymer solution, the Reynolds stress in the near-wall area decreases significantly. Theresult relates tightly to the decease of the coherent structures' bursting. The spatial topology of coherentstructures duringbursts has been extracted by the new mu-level criterion based on locally averaged velocitystructure function.The effect of polymers onturbulent coherentstructures mainly reflects in the intensity, not in the shape. In the solution, it is by suppressing thecoherent structuresthat the wall friction isreduced.     

The role of small scale coherent structures in turbulent drag reduction

With a new visualization technique, a strong suppression of small scale coherent structures (filaments) in turbulence is observed when a drag reducing polymer is added. Simultaneously, the rate of formation of large scale structures (eddies) out of these filaments decreases, which may be an important observation in the explanation of turbulent drag reduction.     

A mechanism for excitation of coherent structures in wall region of a turbulent boundary layer

Introduction Themechanismforthegenerationofcoherentstructuresinthewallregionofaturbulent boundarylayerhasalwaysbeeninconcernandinvestigated.AccordingtoTsujimotoand Miyake[1],thecharacteristicsofturbulenceinthewallregionweremainlydeterminedbythe generationandevolutionofcoherentstructures,notbythesmall_scaleturbulence.However, excitationsfromregionofy >60werefoundtobenecessary,otherwisethewallregionwould degeneratetolaminarflow.Therefore,theinvestigationofthemechanismthathowcoherent structuresi…     

An experimental study on the coherent structures and chaotic phenomena in the axisymmetric countercurrent shear flow

The coherent structures and the chaotic phenomena in the transition of the axisymmetric countercurrent mixing shear flow were investigated experimentally. Two kinds of self-excited oscillation modes could exist in the axisymmetric countercurrent mixing shear flow. One is the shear layer self-excited oscillation mode corresponding to the high Reynolds number regime and the other is the jet column self-excited oscillation mode corresponding to the low Reynolds number regime in the case of the velocity ratio ranging from 1 to 1.5. Analyzing the auto-power spectrum, self-correlation-function and three dimensional reconstructed phase trajectory, the route to chaos through three Hopf bifurcations intercepted by an intermittence of the dynamical system corresponding to the axisymmetric countercurrent mixing shear flow was discovered when the velocity ratio is equal to 1.32.     

An experimental study of the large scale coherent structures in a forced free shear layer

The dynamic characteristics of the large scale coherent structures in a forced free shear layer are experimentally studied by means of flow visualization. The quantitative measurements are acquired by the use of a LDV. It is shown that the development of the coherent structures can be greatly influenced by upstream artificial perturbations and as a result the mixing in the layer can be controlled. Like vortex merging, vortex splitting is also a common evolution pattern in the development of the coherent structures.     

The dynamics of coherent structures in a flat-plate boundary layer

From the data of a direct numerical simulation the three-dimensional coherent structures of an incompressible, spatially evolving flat-plate boundary layer have been calculated using the POD method. By Galerkin projection of the Navier-Stokes equations onto the corresponding system of eigenfunctions then a low-dimensional model of the flow in the form of a system of ODE's has been derived. In a region of the boundary layer just beyond the spike stages of transition this system displays deterministic chaos that has been quantified by determining its Lyapunov exponents.     

An analysis of energy transport processes in the presence of coherent structures

The paper deals with the influence exterted by the presence of coherent structures upon the energy transfer processes in turbulent flow. The round free jet has been stimulated by the acoustic field with the frequency corresponding to the shedding of column-mode vortices (the so called helical structures). The results of hot-wire measurements enabled to calculate the particular terms of coherent energy transport equations that in turn made it possible to trace the energy transfer processes realized in the presence of helical-mode structures. The results obtained suggest that the organized motion modifies substantially the energy transfer processes in the flow considered.     

Dynamics of a liquid film sheared by a co-flowing turbulent gas

Consider the dynamics of a thin laminar liquid film flowing over an inclined wall in the presence of a co-flowing turbulent gas. The solution to the full two-phase flow problem poses substantial technical difficulties. However, by making appropriate assumptions, the solution process can be simplified and can provide valuable insights. The assumptions allow us to solve the gas and liquid problems independently. Solving for the gas flow reduces to finding perturbations to pressure and tangential stresses at the interface, influencing the liquid problem through the boundary conditions. We analyze the effect of gas flow on the liquid problem by developing an integral-boundary-layer model, which is valid up to moderate liquid Reynolds numbers. We seek solitary-wave solutions of this model under the influence of gas flow via a pseudo-arclength continuation method. Our computations demonstrate that as a general trend, the wave speed increases with increasing the gas shear and the liquid flow rate. Further insight into the problem is provided via time-dependent computations of the integral-boundary-layer model.     

Some new results of the observation on the coherent structures of turbulent boundary layer in flow with adverse pressure gradient

By a suitable manipulation of hydrogen bubble generation, some new results were obtained: (1) The long-streaks are generated along the interfaces between low and high-speed streaks. The long-streaks are generally stretching and are moving faster than its neighboring high-speed streaks. The hydrogen bubbles in long-streaks have longer life. (2) The stream-wise vortices are also generated along the interfaces. The project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Visualization of flow structures in a turbulent boundary layer using a new technique

In this paper, an experimental investigation on the flow structures in a turbulent boundary layer employing a special laser light sheet-Hydrogen bubble flow visualization technique is described. It is observed that the high/low speed streaks are directly related to the hairpin or horseshoe-like vortices. This observation can give a better understanding of the physical mechanism in the turbulent boundary layer. Fluid Mechanic Institute, BUAA     

An experimental study of a turbulent shear layer at a clean and contaminated free-surface

An experimental study was performed to measure the flow properties of a vertically-orientated shear layer in the vicinity of a free-surface. The effect of surface contamination on the near surface flow field was also determined. Digital Particle Image Velocimetry was used to measure instantaneous and averaged velocity, vorticity, and Reynolds stresses. Results show that the presence of surfactants can cause directional shifts of the shear layer, as well as an overall damping of the turbulence in the vicinity of the free-surface, except in the vicinity of a Reynolds ridge where an increase in Reynolds stress was observed.     

Effects of free‐stream turbulence on large‐scale coherent structures of separated boundary layer transition

It has been well established that large‐scale structures, usually called coherent structures, exist in many transitional and turbulent flows. The topology and range of scales of those large‐scale structures vary from flow to flow such as counter‐rotating vortices in wake flows, streaks and hairpin vortices in turbulent boundary layer. There has been relatively little study of large‐scale structures in separated and reattached transitional flows. Large‐eddy simulation (LES) is employed in the current study to investigate a separated boundary layer transition under 2% free‐stream turbulence on a flat plate with a blunt leading edge. The Reynolds number based on the inlet free stream velocity and the plate thickness is 6500. A dynamic subgrid‐scale model is employed to compute the subgrid‐scale stresses more accurately in the current transitional flow case. Flow visualization has shown that the Kelvin–Helmholtz rolls, which have been so clearly visible under no free‐stream turbulence (NFST) are not as apparent in the present study. The Lambda‐shaped vortical structures which can be clearly seen in the NFST case can hardly be identified in the free‐stream turbulence (FST) case. Generally speaking, the effects of free‐stream turbulence have led to an early breakdown of the boundary layer, and hence increased the randomization in the vortical structures, degraded the spanwise coherence of those large‐scale structures. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An experimental study on unsteady turbulent near wake of a rectangular cylinder in channel flow

 Unsteady turbulent near wake of a rectangular cylinder in channel flow has been studied experimentally with a laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV). The time-averaged and phase-averaged statistics were measured for the cylinders having various width-to-height ratios, b/h. It is shown that the turbulent intensities on the centerline of the channel have their maxima near the rear stagnation point of a recirculation region. The contours of coherent vorticity and streamline reproduce clearly the shed vortices from the cylinder observed by the flow visualization. The characteristics of the flow field, which depends on b/h, are discussed and the significant contribution of the coherent structure to the flow field is clarified. Moreover, the turbulent kinetic energy budget has been examined. Received: 19 January 1998/Accepted: 21 July 1998