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The interaction between large- and small-scale fluctuations in turbulent flow is not only of great fundamental interest but an understanding of these interactions is fundamental to the modelling of the sub-grid scale (SGS) stresses in a large eddy simulation (LES). Particle image velocimetry (PIV) data is acquired with two different spatial resolutions, simultaneously, in the self-similar region of a turbulent planar mixing layer. The SGS activity is observed to be amplified by concurrent large-scale low momentum fluctuations and attenuated by high momentum fluctuations with both the sign and magnitude of the large-scale fluctuations being of significance. Further, regions in which the orientation of the large-scale Reynolds stress tensor is aligned perpendicularly to the direction of the mean shear of the flow are shown to lead to an increased level of small-scale activity.
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Buxton, O.R.H., Ganapathisubramani, B. (2016). Concurrent Scale Interactions in the Far-Field of a Turbulent Mixing Layer. In: Peinke, J., Kampers, G., Oberlack, M., Wacławczyk, M., Talamelli, A. (eds) Progress in Turbulence VI. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 165. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29130-7_9
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