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Statistical signatures of $u$ component wall-attached eddies in proper orthogonal decomposition modes of a turbulent boundary layer

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Longwei Wang Open the ORCID record for Longwei Wang [Opens in a new window] ,
Chong Pan Open the ORCID record for Chong Pan [Opens in a new window] ,
Jinjun Wang Open the ORCID record for Jinjun Wang [Opens in a new window]  and
Qi Gao Open the ORCID record for Qi Gao [Opens in a new window]
Longwei Wang
Affiliation:
Fluid Mechanics Key Laboratory of Education Ministry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
Chong Pan*
Affiliation:
Fluid Mechanics Key Laboratory of Education Ministry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China Aircraft and Propulsion Laboratory, Ningbo Institute of Technology, Beihang University, Ningbo 315800, PR China
Jinjun Wang
Affiliation:
Fluid Mechanics Key Laboratory of Education Ministry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
Qi Gao
Affiliation:
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, PR China
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†Email address for correspondence: panchong@buaa.edu.cn
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Abstract

Physical representation of coherent motions in wall-bounded turbulence satisfying Townsend's attached-eddy hypothesis (AEH) is still an open question to be debated. Here, we apply proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) to instantaneous snapshots of $u$ component velocity fields in the streamwise–wall-normal plane of three turbulent boundary layers, which cover a frictional Reynolds number ($Re$) of $Re_\tau \approx 1000{\sim} 4000$ and were either measured by large-field-of-view planar particle image velocimetry or calculated by direct numerical simulation. The $u$ component POD modes characterized by streamwise recurring large-scale motions are decomposed into wall-attached and wall-detached parts depending on the wall-attachment condition. The former, i.e. wall-attached POD eddies, are believed to be the prime statistical representations of attached eddies. The reason lies in three aspects. Firstly, wall-attached POD eddies are geometrically self-similar and statistically independent. Secondly, the wall-normal variation of the variance of reduced-order streamwise velocity components $\tilde {u}_{AE}$, which is only contributed by wall-attached POD eddies, presents logarithmic decay in the inertial flow region. Thirdly, analysis on the scaling behaviour of the high-even-order moment, moment generating function, as well as longitudinal two-point structure function, all indicate a quasi-Gaussian behaviour of $\tilde {u}_{AE}$. None of these AEH-predicted behaviours are evident when the contribution of superstructure-like POD eddies are considered. Furthermore, wall-detached POD eddies are found to also present quasi-Gaussian behaviour. They might be treated as passive fragments of wall-attached ones.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 944 , 10 August 2022 , A26
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