In this paper, we apply a scaling analysis of the maximum of the probability density function（pdf） of velocity increments, i.e., max（） = max（）up p u, for a velocity field of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection obtained at the Taylor-microscale Reynolds number Re60. The scaling exponent is comparable with that of the first-order velocity structure function, （1）, in which the large-scale effect might be constrained, showing the background fluctuations of the velocity field. It is found that the integral time T（x/ D） scales as T（x/ D）（x/ D）, with a scaling exponent =0.25 0.01, suggesting the large-scale inhomogeneity of the flow. Moreover, the pdf scaling exponent （x, z） is strongly inhomogeneous in the x（horizontal） direction. The vertical-direction-averaged pdf scaling exponent （x） obeys a logarithm law with respect to x, the distance from the cell sidewall, with a scaling exponent 0.22 within the velocity boundary layer and 0.28 near the cell sidewall. In the cell＇s central region, （x, z） fluctuates around 0.37, which agrees well with （1） obtained in high-Reynolds-number turbulent flows, implying the same intermittent correction. Moreover, the length of the inertial range represented in decade（）IT x is found to be linearly increasing with the wall distance x with an exponent 0.65 0.05.
The relationship between the in the logarithmic law （log-law） region of bursting event and the low/high-speed streak a turbulent boundary layer is investigated. A tomographic time-resolved particle image velocimetry （TRPIV） system is used to measure the instantaneous three-dimensional-three-component （3D-3C） velocity field. The momentum thickness based Reynolds number is about 2 460. The topological information in the log-law region is obtained experimentally. It is found that the existence of the quadrupole topological structure implies a three-pair hairpin-like vortex packet, which is in connection with the low/high-speed streak. An idealized 3D topological model is then proposed to characterize the observed hairpin vortex packet and low/high-speed streak.
Haiping TIANNan JIANGYongxiang HUANGShaoqiong YANG
Multi-scale properties of Reynolds stress in decaying turbulence in a wind tunnel with high Reynolds number are investi-gated. Two filtering techniques i.e., the zeroth-order and first-order detrending methods are applied to the two velocity components, where the local mean value （resp. local linear trend） is removed in the former （latter） technique. Some basic statistics for thirty mea-surements show that the variation is very large at first two locations and relatively small at last two locations. Moderately good power law is found for the mean value of local Reynolds stress at last three measurement locations with scaling exponents approxi-mately being 1.0 and a dual power law exists for the mean value of standard deviation of local Reynolds stress at all four measureme-nt locations with scaling exponents being 0.53 and 0.58 for zeroth-and first-order filtering respectively. Present results about local Reynolds stress are useful to build and evaluate the model of sub-grid Reynolds stress in large eddy simulations.
