On the nature of the organized structures in turbulent near-wall flows (Q1385826)
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On the nature of the organized structures in turbulent near-wall flows (English)
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2 February 1999
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A physical mechanism of onset of large-scale organized structures in turbulent flows along a plane wall which are the cause of intensification of turbulent fluctuations is formulated. The structures take the form of high-speed and low-speed streaks caused by streamwise vortices, i.e., motions in the plane of the transverse cross-section. The streamwise vortices are excited as a result of instability under the action of the anisotropy of the normal components of the Reynolds stress tensor. A model is proposed for describing these vortices that gives characteristics in qualitative and quantitative agreement with experimental data.
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large-scale structures
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turbulent fluctuations
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streamwise vortices
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instability
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Reynolds stress tensor
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