Extreme-scale motions in turbulent plane Couette flows

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.131zbMATH Open1419.76319arXiv1706.09800OpenAlexW3100574842WikidataQ130172979 ScholiaQ130172979MaRDI QIDQ5225833FDOQ5225833

Authors: Myoungkyu Lee, Robert D. Moser 

Publication date: 29 July 2019

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the size of large-scale motions in turbulent plane Couette flows at moderate Reynolds number up to $R{e}_{a}u$ = 500. Direct numerical simulation domains were as large as $100pideltaimes2deltaimes5pidelta$, where $delta$ is half the distance between the walls. The results indicate that there are structures with streamwise extent, as measured by the wavelength, as long as 78$delta$ and at least 310$delta$ at $R{e}_{a}u$ = 220 and 500, respectively. The presence of these very long structures is apparent in the spectra of all three velocity components and the Reynolds stress. In DNS using a smaller domain, the large structures are constrained, eliminating the streamwise variations present in the larger domain. Effects of a smaller domain are also present in the mean velocity and the streamwise velocity variance in the outer flow.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.09800

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zbMATH Keywords

turbulent flowsturbulent boundary layersturbulence simulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transition to turbulence (76F06) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Turbulent boundary layers (76F40)

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