The Library
A deterministic model for the sublayer streaks in turbulent boundary layers for application to flow control
Tools
Tools
Tools
Carpenter, P. W., Kudar, Karen L., Ali, Reza, Sen, Pradeep K. and Davies, Christopher (2007) A deterministic model for the sublayer streaks in turbulent boundary layers for application to flow control. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol.365 (No.1859). pp. 2419-2441. doi:10.1098/rsta.2007.2016 ISSN 1364-503X.
Research output not available from this repository.
Request-a-Copy directly from author or use local Library Get it For Me service.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2007.2016
Abstract
We present a relatively simple, deterministic, theoretical model for the sublayer streaks in a turbulent boundary layer based on an analogy with Klebanoff modes. Our approach is to generate the streamwise vortices found in the buffer layer by means of a vorticity source in the form of a. fictitious body force. It is found that the strongest streaks correspond to a spanwise wavelength that lies within the range of the experimentally observed values for the statistical mean streak spacing. We also present results showing the effect of streamwise pressure gradient, Reynolds number and wall compliance on the sublayer streaks. The theoretical predictions for the effects of wall compliance on the streak characteristics agree well with experimental data. Our proposed theoretical model for the quasi- periodic bursting cycle is also described, which places the streak modelling in context. The proposed bursting process is as follows: ( i) streamwise vortices generate sublayer streaks and other vortical elements generate propagating plane waves, ( ii) when the streaks reach a sufficient amplitude, they interact nonlinearly with the plane waves to produce oblique waves that exhibit transient growth, and ( iii) the oblique waves interact nonlinearly with the plane wave to generate streamwise vortices; these in turn generate the sublayer streaks and so the cycle is renewed.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences | ||||
| Publisher: | Royal Society | ||||
| ISSN: | 1364-503X | ||||
| Official Date: | 15 October 2007 | ||||
| Dates: |
|
||||
| Volume: | Vol.365 | ||||
| Number: | No.1859 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 23 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 2419-2441 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1098/rsta.2007.2016 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published |
Data sourced from Thomson Reuters' Web of Knowledge
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
