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Novel features of a fully developed mixing-layer between co-flowing laminar and turbulent Couette flows
, Andersson H.I., Pettersen B.
Published in American Institute of Physics Inc.
2014
Volume: 26
   
Issue: 3
Abstract
Anewflowconfiguration has been proposed in which a bilateralmixing-layer exists in the junction between co-flowing laminar and turbulent plane Couette flows. Contrary to a classical plane mixing-layer, the present mixing-layer did neither growin time nor in streamwise direction. However, the mixing zone varied with the distance from the stationarywall.Adirect numerical simulation showed that very-large-scale flowstructures were found in the turbulent part of the flow with Reynolds number 1300 based on half the velocity U1 of the fastest-moving wall and half of the distance 2h between the walls. The laminar-turbulent interface exhibited a large-scale meandering motion with frequency 0.014U1/h and wavelength about 25h. Large-scale Taylor-Görtlerlike roll cells were observed in the nominally laminar flow region with Reynolds number 260. This tailor-made flow is particularly well suited for explorations of momentum transfer and intermittency in the vicinity of the laminar-turbulent interface. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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JournalData powered by TypesetPhysics of Fluids
PublisherData powered by TypesetAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISSN10706631
Open AccessNo