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Reynolds-number-dependent turbulent inertia and onset of log region in pipe flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2014

C. Chin ,
J. Philip ,
J. Klewicki ,
A. Ooi  and
I. Marusic
C. Chin
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
J. Philip*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
J. Klewicki
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
A. Ooi
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
I. Marusic
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
*
†Email address for correspondence: jimmyp@unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

A detailed analysis of the ‘turbulent inertia’ (TI) term (the wall-normal gradient of the Reynolds shear stress, $\mathrm{d} \langle -uv\rangle /\mathrm{d} y $), in the axial mean momentum equation is presented for turbulent pipe flows at friction Reynolds numbers $\delta ^{+} \approx 500$, 1000 and 2000 using direct numerical simulation. Two different decompositions for TI are employed to further understand the mean structure of wall turbulence. In the first, the TI term is decomposed into the sum of two velocity–vorticity correlations ($\langle v \omega _z \rangle + \langle - w \omega _y \rangle $) and their co-spectra, which we interpret as an advective transport (vorticity dispersion) contribution and a change-of-scale effect (associated with the mechanism of vorticity stretching and reorientation). In the second decomposition, TI is equivalently represented as the wall-normal gradient of the Reynolds shear stress co-spectra, which serves to clarify the accelerative or decelerative effects associated with turbulent motions at different scales. The results show that the inner-normalised position, $y_m^{+}$, where the TI profile crosses zero, as well as the beginning of the logarithmic region of the wall turbulent flows (where the viscous force is leading order) move outwards in unison with increasing Reynolds number as $y_m^{+} \sim \sqrt{\delta ^{+}}$ because the eddies located close to $y_m^{+}$ are influenced by large-scale accelerating motions of the type $\langle - w \omega _y \rangle $ related to the change-of-scale effect (due to vorticity stretching). These large-scale motions of $O(\delta ^{+})$ gain a spectrum of larger length scales with increasing $\delta ^{+}$ and are related to the emergence of a secondary peak in the $-uv$ co-spectra. With increasing Reynolds number, the influence of the $O(\delta ^{+})$ motions promotes viscosity to act over increasingly longer times, thereby increasing the $y^{+}$ extent over which the mean viscous force retains leading order. Furthermore, the TI decompositions show that the $\langle v \omega _z \rangle $ motions (advective transport and/or dispersion of vorticity) are the dominant mechanism in and above the log region, whereas $\langle - w \omega _y \rangle $ motions (vorticity stretching and/or reorientation) are most significant below the log region. The motions associated with $\langle - w \omega _y \rangle $ predominantly underlie accelerations, whereas $\langle v \omega _z \rangle $ primarily contribute to decelerations. Finally, a description of the structure of wall turbulence deduced from the present analysis and our physical interpretation is presented, and is shown to be consistent with previous flow visualisation studies.

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Boundary Layers: Pipe flow boundary layer Turbulent Flows: Turbulence theory Turbulent Flows: Turbulent Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 757 , 25 October 2014 , pp. 747 - 769
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© 2014 Cambridge University Press 

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