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Characteristics of vortex packets in turbulent boundary layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2003

BHARATHRAM GANAPATHISUBRAMANI ,
ELLEN K. LONGMIRE  and
IVAN MARUSIC
BHARATHRAM GANAPATHISUBRAMANI
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 107 Akerman Hall, 110 Union Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
ELLEN K. LONGMIRE
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 107 Akerman Hall, 110 Union Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
IVAN MARUSIC
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 107 Akerman Hall, 110 Union Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Abstract

Stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to measure all three instantaneous components of the velocity field in streamwise–spanwise planes of a turbulent boundary layer at Reτ=1060 (Reθ=2500). Datasets were obtained in the logarithmic layer and beyond. The vector fields in the log layer (z+=92 and 150) revealed signatures of vortex packets similar to those proposed by Adrian and co-workers in their PIV experiments. Groups of legs of hairpin vortices appeared to be coherently arranged in the streamwise direction. These regions also generated substantial Reynolds shear stress, sometimes as high as 40 times −uw. A feature extraction algorithm was developed to automate the identification and characterization of these packets of hairpin vortices. Identified patches contributed 28% to −uw while occupying only 4% of the total area at z+=92. At z+=150, these patches occupied 4.5% of the total area while contributing 25% to −uw. Beyond the log layer (z+=198 and 530), the spatial organization into packets is seen to break down.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 478 , 10 March 2003 , pp. 35 - 46
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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