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Large scales in the developing mixing layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

F. K. Browand  and
P. D. Weidman
F. K. Browand
Affiliation:
Division of Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
P. D. Weidman
Affiliation:
Division of Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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Abstract

A new experimental technique is described for the study of the interactions between the large-scale vortical features in the two-dimensional mixing layer. Detector probes above and below the mixing layer are used to monitor the large-scale structure. Conditional sampling is performed in a moderate Reynolds number developing flow, by using phase and amplitude information from these detector probes. It is shown that significant Reynolds-stress production is associated with the pairing interaction in which two vortical structures combine to form a single, larger vortical structure.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , 14 July 1976 , pp. 127 - 144
Copyright
© 1976 Cambridge University Press

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