Vortex Tubes in Turbulence Velocity Fields at High Reynolds Numbers

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2008-01-15

arxiv.org/abs/0801.2276v1

FDR, 41, 021402 [2009]

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

13 pages, accepted by Fluid Dynamics Research (see http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01695983)

Scientific paper

10.1088/0169-5983/41/2/021402

The elementary structures of turbulence, i.e., vortex tubes, are studied using velocity data obtained in laboratory experiments for boundary layers and duct flows at microscale Reynolds numbers 332-1934. While past experimental studies focused on intense vortex tubes, the present study focuses on all vortex tubes with various intensities. We obtain the mean velocity profile. The radius scales with the Kolmogorov length. The circulation velocity scales with the Kolmogorov velocity, in contrast to the case of intense vortex tubes alone where the circulation velocity scales with the rms velocity fluctuation. Since these scaling laws are independent of the configuration for turbulence production, they appear to be universal at high Reynolds numbers.

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