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Symmetry reduction of turbulent pipe flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2015

Francesco Fedele ,
Ozeair Abessi  and
Philip J. Roberts
Francesco Fedele*
Affiliation:
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Ozeair Abessi
Affiliation:
School of Civil Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol47148-71167, Iran
Philip J. Roberts
Affiliation:
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
*
†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

We propose and apply a Fourier-based symmetry-reduction scheme to remove, or quotient, the streamwise translation symmetry of laser-induced-fluorescence measurements of turbulent pipe flows that are viewed as dynamical systems in a high-dimensional state space. We also explain the relation between Taylor’s hypothesis and the comoving frame velocity $U_{d}$ of the turbulent orbit in state space. In particular, in physical space we observe flow structures that deform as they advect downstream at a speed that differs significantly from $U_{d}$. Indeed, the symmetry-reduction analysis of planar dye concentration fields at Reynolds number $Re=3200$ reveals that the speed $u$ at which high-concentration peaks advect is roughly 1.43 times $U_{d}$. In a physically meaningful symmetry-reduced frame, the excess speed $u-U_{d}\approx 0.43U_{d}$ can be explained in terms of the so-called geometric phase velocity $U_{g}$ associated with the orbit in state space. The ‘self-propulsion velocity’ $U_{g}$ is induced by the shape-changing dynamics of passive scalar structures observed in the symmetry-reduced frame, in analogy with that of a swimmer at low Reynolds numbers.

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Mathematical Foundations: General fluid mechanics Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Turbulent Flows: Turbulent Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 779 , 25 September 2015 , pp. 390 - 410
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