Interfacial layers between regions of different turbulence intensity

CB da Silva, JCR Hunt, I Eames… - Annual review of fluid …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Recent developments in the physics and modeling of interfacial layers between regions with
different turbulent intensities are reviewed. The flow dynamics across these layers governs …

Droplet growth in warm turbulent clouds

BJ Devenish, P Bartello, JL Brenguier… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In this survey we consider the impact of turbulence on cloud formation from the cloud scale
to the droplet scale. We assess progress in understanding the effect of turbulence on the …

Invariants of the velocity-gradient, rate-of-strain, and rate-of-rotation tensors across the turbulent/nonturbulent interface in jets

CB da Silva, JCF Pereira - Physics of fluids, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The invariants of the velocity gradient (⁠ R and Q⁠), rate-of-strain (⁠ RS and QS⁠), and rate-
of-rotation (QW) tensors are analyzed across the turbulent/nonturbulent (T/NT) interface by …

The turbulent/non-turbulent interface and entrainment in a boundary layer

K Chauhan, J Philip, CM De Silva… - Journal of Fluid …, 2014 - cambridge.org
The turbulent/non-turbulent interface in a zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer at
high Reynolds number (in the streamwise/wall-normal plane with an unprecedented …

Momentum and scalar transport at the turbulent/non-turbulent interface of a jet

J Westerweel, C Fukushima, JM Pedersen… - Journal of Fluid …, 2009 - cambridge.org
Conditionally sampled measurements with particle image velocimetry (PIV) of a turbulent
round submerged liquid jet in a laboratory have been taken at Re= 2× 103 between 60 and …

Mechanics of the turbulent-nonturbulent interface of a jet

J Westerweel, C Fukushima, JM Pedersen, JCR Hunt - Physical review letters, 2005 - APS
We report the results of an experimental investigation of the mechanics and transport
processes at the bounding interface between the turbulent and nonturbulent regions of flow …

Laminar superlayer at the turbulence boundary

M Holzner, B Lüthi - Physical review letters, 2011 - APS
In this Letter we present results from particle tracking velocimetry and direct numerical
simulation that are congruent with the existence of a laminar superlayer, as proposed in the …

Properties of the turbulent/non-turbulent interface in boundary layers

G Borrell, J Jiménez - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
The turbulent/non-turbulent interface is analysed in a direct numerical simulation of a
boundary layer in the Reynolds number range, with emphasis on the behaviour of the …

Entrainment at multi-scales across the turbulent/non-turbulent interface in an axisymmetric jet

D Mistry, J Philip, JR Dawson, I Marusic - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
We consider the scaling of the mass flux and entrainment velocity across the turbulent/non-
turbulent interface (TNTI) in the far field of an axisymmetric jet at high Reynolds number …

Multiscale Geometry and Scaling of the Turbulent-Nonturbulent Interface<? format?> in High Reynolds Number Boundary Layers

CM de Silva, J Philip, K Chauhan, C Meneveau… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
The scaling and surface area properties of the wrinkled surface separating turbulent from
nonturbulent regions in open shear flows are important to our understanding of entrainment …