We employ novel digital Fresnel reflection holography to capture the 3D flows within the viscous sublayerof a smooth-wall turbulent channel flow at Reτ=400.The measurements reveal unsteady and diverse flow patterns i...We employ novel digital Fresnel reflection holography to capture the 3D flows within the viscous sublayerof a smooth-wall turbulent channel flow at Reτ=400.The measurements reveal unsteady and diverse flow patterns in the sublayer including nearly uniform high and low speed flows and strong small-scale(onthe order of viscous wall units)spanwise meandering motions.The probability density functions(PDFs)ofwall shear stresses show a clear discrepancy in high stress range with those from direct numerical simu-lation(DNS),which is attributed to the unresolved streamwise and spanwise motions by DNS.Moreover,the PDF of Lagrangian particle accelerations yields a stretched exponential shape like that in homogenousisotropic turbulence,indicating strong intermittency in the sublayer.We find a significant fraction of highaccelerations is associated with the small-scale meandering motions.Our study helps explain the effectof sublayer-scale roughness on reducing drag and flow separation reported in the literature.展开更多
The spike phenomena,namely strong normal velocity fluctuations,in the viscous sublayer have been discovered through detailed investigation of the databank of the direct numerical simulation of a turbulent channel flow...The spike phenomena,namely strong normal velocity fluctuations,in the viscous sublayer have been discovered through detailed investigation of the databank of the direct numerical simulation of a turbulent channel flow.Their characteristic features are disclosed and their effects on the generation of turbulence,and correlation with the vortex structures are studied.展开更多
文摘We employ novel digital Fresnel reflection holography to capture the 3D flows within the viscous sublayerof a smooth-wall turbulent channel flow at Reτ=400.The measurements reveal unsteady and diverse flow patterns in the sublayer including nearly uniform high and low speed flows and strong small-scale(onthe order of viscous wall units)spanwise meandering motions.The probability density functions(PDFs)ofwall shear stresses show a clear discrepancy in high stress range with those from direct numerical simu-lation(DNS),which is attributed to the unresolved streamwise and spanwise motions by DNS.Moreover,the PDF of Lagrangian particle accelerations yields a stretched exponential shape like that in homogenousisotropic turbulence,indicating strong intermittency in the sublayer.We find a significant fraction of highaccelerations is associated with the small-scale meandering motions.Our study helps explain the effectof sublayer-scale roughness on reducing drag and flow separation reported in the literature.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘The spike phenomena,namely strong normal velocity fluctuations,in the viscous sublayer have been discovered through detailed investigation of the databank of the direct numerical simulation of a turbulent channel flow.Their characteristic features are disclosed and their effects on the generation of turbulence,and correlation with the vortex structures are studied.
