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Two-dimensional energy spectra in high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2017

Dileep Chandran Open the ORCID record for Dileep Chandran [Opens in a new window] ,
Rio Baidya ,
Jason P. Monty  and
Ivan Marusic
Dileep Chandran*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Rio Baidya
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Jason P. Monty
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Ivan Marusic
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

Here, we report the measurements of two-dimensional (2-D) spectra of the streamwise velocity ($u$) in a high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer. A novel experiment employing multiple hot-wire probes was carried out at friction Reynolds numbers ranging from 2400 to 26 000. Taylor’s frozen turbulence hypothesis is used to convert temporal-spanwise information into a 2-D spatial spectrum which shows the contribution of streamwise ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{x}$) and spanwise ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{y}$) length scales to the streamwise variance at a given wall height ($z$). At low Reynolds numbers, the shape of the 2-D spectra at a constant energy level shows $\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{y}/z\sim (\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{x}/z)^{1/2}$ behaviour at larger scales, which is in agreement with the existing literature at a matched Reynolds number obtained from direct numerical simulations. However, at high Reynolds numbers, it is observed that the square-root relationship tends towards a linear relationship ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{y}\sim \unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{x}$), as required for self-similarity and predicted by the attached eddy hypothesis.

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Boundary Layers: Boundary layer structure Turbulent Flows: Turbulent boundary layers
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Rapids
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 826 , 10 September 2017 , R1
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