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A Numerical experiment that isolates the motions at a given spanwise length scale is performed based on previous observation on the self-sustaining nature of the eddies in the logarithmic and the wake outer regions [7, 8]. It is shown that the statistics of the isolated self-sustaining motions at a given spanwise length scale are strikingly similar to those of the single attached eddy postulated by Townsend and Perry [1, 2, 5, 6], demonstrating the existence of the attached eddies in turbulent channel flow. Inspecting one-dimensional spectra also leads to build a complete form of the self-similarity of the streamwise length scale and the wall-normal location of all the coherent structures known, including near-wall streaks, quasi-streamwise vortices, very-large-scale motions, and large-scale motions.
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Hwang, Y. (2016). Statistics of Single Self-sustaining Attached Eddy in a Turbulent Channel. In: Stanislas, M., Jimenez, J., Marusic, I. (eds) Progress in Wall Turbulence 2. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20388-1_34
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