(1) Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
Abstract:
It is disclosed the flow patterns of turbulent flows in near wall region by means of topological analysis. It has found that
there exists a close relationship between the topological characteristics and the spikes which are dominated by the strong
normal velocity fluctuations near the wall. It is also shown that the dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy is closely related
to the spike events.