The engine behind (wall) turbulence: perspectives on scale interactions

BJ McKeon - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
Known structures and self-sustaining mechanisms of wall turbulence are reviewed and
explored in the context of the scale interactions implied by the nonlinear advective term in …

[HTML][HTML] Flow structures in transitional and turbulent boundary layers

C Lee, X Jiang - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The basic problems of transition in both incompressible and compressible boundary layers
are reviewed. Flow structures in low-speed transitional and developed turbulent boundary …

Conditions for validity of mean flow stability analysis

S Beneddine, D Sipp, A Arnault, J Dandois… - Journal of Fluid …, 2016 - cambridge.org
This article provides theoretical conditions for the use and meaning of a stability analysis
around a mean flow. As such, it may be considered as an extension of the works by McKeon …

Colour of turbulence

A Zare, MR Jovanović, TT Georgiou - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
In this paper, we address the problem of how to account for second-order statistics of
turbulent flows using low-complexity stochastic dynamical models based on the linearized …

Near-wall streak modification by spanwise oscillatory wall motion and drag-reduction mechanisms

E Touber, MA Leschziner - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2012 - cambridge.org
Direct numerical simulations for fully developed channel flow, subjected to oscillatory
spanwise wall motion, have been performed and analysed in an effort to illuminate the …

The influence of near-wall density and viscosity gradients on turbulence in channel flows

A Patel, BJ Boersma, R Pecnik - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
The influence of near-wall density and viscosity gradients on near-wall turbulence in a
channel is studied by means of direct numerical simulation of the low-Mach-number …

Self-sustaining process of minimal attached eddies in turbulent channel flow

Y Hwang, Y Bengana - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
It has been recently shown that the energy-containing motions (ie coherent structures) in
turbulent channel flow exist in the form of Townsend's attached eddies by a numerical …

Characterization of coherent vortical structures in a supersonic turbulent boundary layer

S Pirozzoli, M Bernardini, F Grasso - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2008 - cambridge.org
A spatially developing supersonic boundary layer at Mach 2 is analysed by means of direct
numerical simulation of the compressible Navier--Stokes equations, with the objective of …

Skin-friction generation by attached eddies in turbulent channel flow

M de Giovanetti, Y Hwang, H Choi - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
Despite a growing body of recent evidence on the hierarchical organization of the self-
similar energy-containing motions in the form of Townsend's attached eddies in wall …

[PDF][PDF] Transfer across the air-sea interface

CS Garbe, A Rutgersson, J Boutin… - … interactions of gases …, 2014 - library.oapen.org
The efficiency of transfer of gases and particles across the air-sea interface is controlled by
several physical, biological and chemical processes in the atmosphere and water which are …