Structure of the Reynolds stress near the wall

Journal of Fluid Mechanics - Tập 55 Số 1 - Trang 65-92 - 1972
William W. Willmarth1, S. S. Lu1
1The University of Michigan

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Experimental studies of the flow field near the wall in a turbulent boundary layer using hot-wire probes are reported. Measurements of the productuvare studied using the technique of conditional sampling with a large digital computer to single out special events (bursting) when large contributions to turbulent energy and Reynolds stress occur. The criterion used to determine when the productuvis sampled is that the streamwise velocity at the edge of the sublayer should have attained a certain value. With this simple criterion we find that 60% of the contribution to$\overline{uv}$is produced when the sublayer velocity is lower than the mean. This result is true at both low,Rθ= 4230, and high,Rθ= 38 000, Reynolds numbers. With a more strict sampling criterion, that the filtered sublayer velocity at two side-by-side points should be simultaneously low and decreasing, individual contributions to$\overline{uv}$as large as 62$\overline{uv}$have been identified. Additional measurements using correlations between truncateduandvsignals reveal that the largest contributions to the Reynolds stress and turbulent energy occur whenu< 0,v> 0 during an intense bursting process and the remainder of the contributions occur during a less intense recovery process. Thus, contributions to the turbulent energy production and Reynolds stress at a point near the wall are of relatively large magnitude, short duration and occur intermittently. A rough measure of the intermittency factor foruvat a point near the wall is 0·55 since 99% of the contribution to$\overline{uv}$is made during only 55% of the total time.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Tập 55 Số 1

65-92

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