Model for propagation speed in turbulent channel flows.
Model for propagation speed in turbulent channel flows.
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DOI:
10.1103/physreve.86.046307
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2012-10
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J. Pei;J. Chen;Z. She;F. Hussain
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J. Pei;J. Chen;Z. She;F. Hussain
The propagation speed Vc of the streamwise velocity fluctuations u' in turbulent channel flows is calculated using direct numerical simulation (DNS) data at four Mach numbers (M=0, 0.8, 2.0, and 3.0). The profiles of Vc are shown to display remarkable similarity at different M. Quantitative models are developed based on a statistical structure called Velocity-Vorticity Correlation Structure (VVCS), defined as the vorticity region most correlated to velocity fluctuations at a fixed location. Good agreement with DNS-measured propagation velocities is obtained throughout the channel and for all M. The result confirms earlier speculation that the near-wall propagation is due to an advection by coherent vortex structures, and validates the concept of the VVCS.