Conditionally averaged flow topology about a critical point pair in the skin friction field of pipe flows using direct numerical simulations

R. C. Chin, J. P. Monty, M. S. Chong, and I. Marusic

Phys. Rev. Fluids 3, 114607 – Published 28 November 2018

Abstract

It has recently been shown that critical points in the skin friction field of wall turbulence exist and negative streamwise skin friction events occur. Further analysis of the critical points at the wall using direct numerical simulation data of turbulent pipe flow is presented here. After identifying and characterizing features of the “no-slip” critical points in a turbulent pipe flow, conditional averages of the flow are presented to reveal the magnitude and extent of the fluctuations in the flow around these extreme events. It is found that the velocity and skin friction fields near critical points resemble the three-dimensional U separation proposed by Perry and Chong [J. Fluid Mech. 173, 207 (1986)].

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Received 27 March 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.114607

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Boundary layers Turbulence

Fluid Dynamics

Authors & Affiliations

R. C. Chin^1,*, J. P. Monty², M. S. Chong², and I. Marusic²

¹School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
²Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia

^*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: rey.chin@adelaide.edu.au

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Vol. 3, Iss. 11 — November 2018

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