Revisiting coherent structures in low-speed turbulent boundary layers

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摘要 Coherentstructuresareessentialforthemomentumexchangeandturbulenceproductioninwall-boundedturbulentflows.Diversifiedcoherentstructureshavebeenobservedinturbulentboundarylayers,andhairpin-basedvorticesdominatemostoftherelevantliterature.However,thereisnoconsensusyetontheoriginandformingmechanismofhairpinvortices.Herein,fivecornerstonespertainingtotheframeworkofhairpin-basedcoherentstructuresarereviewed,andthreedifferenthairpingenerationmechanismsareclarified.Next,thetime-resolvedtomographicparticleimagevelocimetry(Tomo-PIV)isusedinanearlyturbulentboundarylayer(Reθ=420)toinvestigatetheoriginofhairpinvortices.Thetimelinesrevealatriangularbulgeinthelow-speedstreak(LSS),andtheinitialroll-upoccursattwosidesofit.Meanwhile,thematerialsurfacesmanifestasathree-dimensional(3D)wavestructureintheLSS,whichmaysupportthemodelofasoliton-likecoherentstructure(SCS).Subsequently,themethodofLagrangian-averagedvorticitydeviationisusedtodetectearlyvortices.Wefindthatthe3Dwavestructureisflankedbytwovortices,thusconfirmingtheroll-upoftimelinesanddemonstratingtheadvantageoftheLagrangiancriteriaincapturingstructuresincomplexflows.Theseresultssuggestthatvariouscoherentstructuresmayevolvefromthemetamorphosisof3Dwavestructuresandtheirlaterinteraction.Finally,thelimitationsoftraditionalexperimentalandpost-processingtoolsarediscussed.
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出版日期 2019年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)