Chung, Yongmann M. and Talha, Tariq (2011) Effectiveness of active flow control for turbulent skin friction drag reduction. Physics of Fluids, Vol.23 (No.2). 025102. doi:10.1063/1.3553278 ISSN 10706631.

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Abstract

The effectiveness of the opposition control method proposed by Choi et al. [J. Fluid Mech. 262, 75 (1994)] has been studied using direct numerical simulations. In this study, the effects of the amplitude and the phase of wall blowing and suction control input were considered separately. It is found that the amplitude of wall blowing and suction as well as the detection plane location played an important role in active control for skin-friction drag reduction. By changing the amplitude, a substantial drag reduction was achieved for all detection plane locations considered, and the efficiency of the opposition control was also improved. When the control was effective, the drag reduction was proportional to the wall blowing and suction strength. There existed a maximum wall blowing and suction strength, beyond which the opposition control became less effective or even unstable. Turbulence characteristics affected by various wall blowing and suction parameters were analyzed to understand the underlying mechanisms for drag reduction. The wall-normal velocity and vorticity fluctuations showed a strong correlation with drag reduction.
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Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Skin friction (Aerodynamics), Drag (Aerodynamics), Boundary layer control, Vortex-motion
Journal or Publication Title:	Physics of Fluids
Publisher:	American Institute of Physics
ISSN:	10706631
Official Date:	February 2011
Dates:	Date Event February 2011 Published
Volume:	Vol.23
Number:	No.2
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	025102
DOI:	10.1063/1.3553278
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	17 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	17 December 2015
Funder:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Great Britain. Dept. of Health (DoH), Pakistan
Grant number:	EP/G069581/1 (EPSRC), B/08/06 (DoH)

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