Turbulence structure in oscillating channel flow.
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS
The structure of turbulence in an oscillating channel flow with near-sinusoidal fluctuations in bulk velocity is investigated. Phase-locked particle-image velocimetry data in the streamwise/wall-normal plane are interrogated to reveal the phase-modulation of two-point velocity correlation functions and of linear stochastic estimates of the velocity fluctuation field given the presence of a vortex in the logarithmic region of the boundary layer. The results reveal the periodic modulation of turbulence structure between large-scale residual disturbances, relaminarization during periods of strong acceleration, and a quasi-steady flow with evidence of hairpin vortices which is established late in the acceleration phase and persists through much of the deceleration period.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1032931
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2010-8112C
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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