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View SchemaProbability density function of turbulent velocity fluctuations in rough-wall boundary layer
| Authors | H. Mouri, M. Takaoka, A. Hori, Y. Kawashima |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0307110 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0307110 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.036311 |
| Journal | PRE, 68, 036311 [2003] |
Abstract
The probability density function of single-point velocity fluctuations in turbulence is studied systematically using Fourier coefficients in the energy-containing range. In ideal turbulence where energy-containing motions are random and independent, the Fourier coefficients tend to Gaussian and independent of each other. Velocity fluctuations accordingly tend to Gaussian. However, if energy-containing motions are intermittent or contaminated with bounded-amplitude motions such as wavy wakes, the Fourier coefficients tend to non-Gaussian and dependent of each other. Velocity fluctuations accordingly tend to non-Gaussian. These situations are found in our experiment of a rough-wall boundary layer.
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