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The behaviour of turbulence production in adverse pressure gradient turbulent boundary layers

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Mingze Ma Open the ORCID record for Mingze Ma [Opens in a new window] ,
Jinrong Zhang Open the ORCID record for Jinrong Zhang [Opens in a new window] ,
Mingze Han Open the ORCID record for Mingze Han [Opens in a new window] ,
Hanqi Song Open the ORCID record for Hanqi Song [Opens in a new window]  and
Chao Yan Open the ORCID record for Chao Yan [Opens in a new window]
Mingze Ma
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National Key Laboratory of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
Jinrong Zhang
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
Mingze Han
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
Hanqi Song
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
Chao Yan*
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National Key Laboratory of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
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Corresponding author: Chao Yan, [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper investigates the behaviour of turbulence production in adverse pressure gradient (APG) turbulent boundary layers (TBLs), including the range of pressure gradients from zero-pressure-gradient (ZPG) to separation, moderate and high Reynolds numbers, and equilibrium and non-equilibrium flows. The main focus is on predicting the values and positions of turbulence production peaks. Based on the unique ability of turbulence production to describe energy exchange, the idea that the ratios of the mean flow length scales to the turbulence length scales are locally smallest near peaks is proposed. Thereby, the ratios of length scales are defined for the inner and outer regions, respectively, as well as the ratios of time scales for further consideration of local information. The ratios in the inner region are found to reach the same constant value in different APG TBLs. Like turbulence production in the ZPG TBL, turbulence production in APG TBLs is shown to have a certain invariance of the inner peak. The value and position of the inner peak can also be predicted quantitatively. In contrast, the ratios in the outer region cannot be determined with unique coefficients, which accounts for the different self-similarity properties of the inner and outer regions. The outer time scale ratios establish a link between mean flow and turbulence, thus participating in the discussion on half-power laws. The present results support the existence of a half-power-law region that is not immediately adjacent to the overlapping region.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 1009 , 25 April 2025 , A34
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