Physics – Fluid Dynamics
Scientific paper
2010-10-19
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
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Scientific paper
Time-dependent visualisations of large-scale direct and large-eddy simulations (DNS and LES) of a turbulent boundary layer reaching up to $Re_\theta=4300$ are presented. The focus of the present fluid dynamics video is on analysing the coherent vortical structures in the boundary layer: It is clearly shown that hairpin vortices are indeed present in the simulation data, however they are characteristic remainders of the laminar-turbulent transition at lower Reynolds numbers. At higher $Re$ (say $Re_\theta>2000$), these structures are no longer seen as being dominant; the coherence is clearly lost, both in the near-wall region as well as in the outer layer of the boundary layer. Note, however, that large-scale streaks in the streamwise velocity, which have their peak energy at about half the boundary-layer thickness, are unambiguously observed.
Chevalier Mattias
Henningson Dan S.
Ilak Miloš
Schlatter Philipp
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