Intermittency, Moments, and Friction Coefficient during the Subcritical Transition of Channel Flow
The intermittent distribution of localized turbulent structures is a key feature of the subcritical transitions in channel flows, which are studied in this paper with a wind channel and theoretical modeling. Entrance disturbances are introduced by small beads, and localized turbulent patches can be...
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doaj-5040b6cd4de245d784d7867496d5c2e92020-12-12T00:02:18ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002020-12-01221399139910.3390/e22121399Intermittency, Moments, and Friction Coefficient during the Subcritical Transition of Channel FlowJinsheng Liu0Yue Xiao1Mogeng Li2Jianjun Tao3Shengjin Xu4AML, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaCAPT-HEDPS and SKLTCS, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, AustraliaCAPT-HEDPS and SKLTCS, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaAML, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaThe intermittent distribution of localized turbulent structures is a key feature of the subcritical transitions in channel flows, which are studied in this paper with a wind channel and theoretical modeling. Entrance disturbances are introduced by small beads, and localized turbulent patches can be triggered at low Reynolds numbers (<i>Re</i>). High turbulence intensity represents strong ability of perturbation spread, and a maximum turbulence intensity is found for every test case as <i>Re</i> ≥ 950, where the turbulence fraction increases abruptly with <i>Re</i>. Skewness can reflect the velocity defects of localized turbulent patches and is revealed to become negative when <i>Re</i> is as low as about 660. It is shown that the third-order moments of the midplane streamwise velocities have minima, while the corresponding forth-order moments have maxima during the transition. These kinematic extremes and different variation scenarios of the friction coefficient during the transition are explained with an intermittent structure model, where the robust localized turbulent structure is simplified as a turbulence unit, a structure whose statistical properties are only weak functions of the Reynolds number.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/12/1399subcritical transitionchannel flowturbulence fractionmoment |
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Jinsheng Liu Yue Xiao Mogeng Li Jianjun Tao Shengjin Xu Intermittency, Moments, and Friction Coefficient during the Subcritical Transition of Channel Flow Entropy subcritical transition channel flow turbulence fraction moment |
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Intermittency, Moments, and Friction Coefficient during the Subcritical Transition of Channel Flow |
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Intermittency, Moments, and Friction Coefficient during the Subcritical Transition of Channel Flow |
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Intermittency, Moments, and Friction Coefficient during the Subcritical Transition of Channel Flow |
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intermittency, moments, and friction coefficient during the subcritical transition of channel flow |
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The intermittent distribution of localized turbulent structures is a key feature of the subcritical transitions in channel flows, which are studied in this paper with a wind channel and theoretical modeling. Entrance disturbances are introduced by small beads, and localized turbulent patches can be triggered at low Reynolds numbers (<i>Re</i>). High turbulence intensity represents strong ability of perturbation spread, and a maximum turbulence intensity is found for every test case as <i>Re</i> ≥ 950, where the turbulence fraction increases abruptly with <i>Re</i>. Skewness can reflect the velocity defects of localized turbulent patches and is revealed to become negative when <i>Re</i> is as low as about 660. It is shown that the third-order moments of the midplane streamwise velocities have minima, while the corresponding forth-order moments have maxima during the transition. These kinematic extremes and different variation scenarios of the friction coefficient during the transition are explained with an intermittent structure model, where the robust localized turbulent structure is simplified as a turbulence unit, a structure whose statistical properties are only weak functions of the Reynolds number. |
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