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The formation of streamwise vorticity in turbulent flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

H. J. Perkins
H. J. Perkins
Affiliation:
Engineering Department, Cambridge University
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Abstract

Mean streamwise vorticity in turbulent flow is shown to arise both from mean flow skewing and from the inhomogeneity of anisotropic wall turbulence. The structure of the Reynolds stress tensor is examined in several flows where the latter mechanism predominates. On the basis of a simple model for the anisotropy, the direction of the secondary currents is deduced for the corner boundary layer, the salient edge flow, and in the non-uniform nominally two-dimensional boundary layer.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , 16 December 1970 , pp. 721 - 740
Copyright
© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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