Wall-Layer Scale Electromagnetic Turbulence Control in an Axisymmetric Body

Volume 1 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Promode R. Bandyopadhyay ◽  
John M. Castano ◽  
Daniel P. Thivierge
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Axisymmetric Body ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Turbulence Control ◽  
Wall Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Surface Normal ◽  
Near Wall

The progress made with the control of turbulence in a boundary layer developing over a small axisymmetric body in saltwater at moderate Reynolds numbers is briefly described. A resonance-interference mechanism of control by means of a small periodic Lorenz force confined to the near-wall region, designed to overcome the issue of low efficiency of electromagnetic turbulence control in general, is attempted to alter surface normal turbulence near-wall. At a low momentum thickness Reynolds number of 2300, drag is reduced by 15–25% at a freestream speed of 5.12 m/s with an efficiency of 2–3.4%. Bi-polar pulsing succeeds in lowering surface-normal turbulence intensity near wall. It also makes wall pressure fluctuations less spiky. Positive uni-polar pulsing is found to weaken the sources of wall-pressure fluctuations residing in the logarithmic region of the boundary layer. Further confirmatory work is needed with robust electrodes and drag measurements on a large diameter axisymmetric body.

Effect of wall cooling on boundary-layer-induced pressure fluctuations at Mach 6

2017 ◽  
Vol 822 ◽  
pp. 5-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Lian Duan ◽  
Meelan M. Choudhari
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layers ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Near Wall

Direct numerical simulations of turbulent boundary layers with a nominal free-stream Mach number of $6$ and a Reynolds number of $Re_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}}\approx 450$ are conducted at a wall-to-recovery temperature ratio of $T_{w}/T_{r}=0.25$ and compared with a previous database for $T_{w}/T_{r}=0.76$ in order to investigate pressure fluctuations and their dependence on wall temperature. The wall-temperature dependence of widely used velocity and temperature scaling laws for high-speed turbulent boundary layers is consistent with previous studies. The near-wall pressure-fluctuation intensities are dramatically modified by wall-temperature conditions. At different wall temperatures, the variation of pressure-fluctuation intensities as a function of wall-normal distance is dramatically modified in the near-wall region but remains almost intact away from the wall. Wall cooling also has a strong effect on the frequency spectrum of wall-pressure fluctuations, resulting in a higher dominant frequency and a sharper spectrum peak with a faster roll-off at both the high- and low-frequency ends. The effect of wall cooling on the free-stream noise spectrum can be largely accounted for by the associated changes in boundary-layer velocity and length scales. The pressure structures within the boundary layer and in the free stream evolve less rapidly as the wall temperature decreases, resulting in an increase in the decorrelation length of coherent pressure structures for the colder-wall case. The pressure structures propagate with similar speeds for both wall temperatures. Due to wall cooling, the generated pressure disturbances undergo less refraction before they are radiated to the free stream, resulting in a slightly steeper radiation wave front in the free stream. Acoustic sources are largely concentrated in the near-wall region; wall cooling most significantly influences the nonlinear (slow) component of the acoustic source term by enhancing dilatational fluctuations in the viscous sublayer while damping vortical fluctuations in the buffer and log layers.

Predicting Turbulent Boundary Layer Wall Pressure Fluctuations in Adverse Pressure Gradients

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank J. Aldrich
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Adverse Pressure Gradient ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Prediction Tool ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Wall Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
The Difference

A physics-based approach is employed and a new prediction tool is developed to predict the wavevector-frequency spectrum of the turbulent boundary layer wall pressure fluctuations for subsonic airfoils under the influence of adverse pressure gradients. The prediction tool uses an explicit relationship developed by D. M. Chase, which is based on a fit to zero pressure gradient data. The tool takes into account the boundary layer edge velocity distribution and geometry of the airfoil, including the blade chord and thickness. Comparison to experimental adverse pressure gradient data shows a need for an update to the modeling constants of the Chase model. To optimize the correlation between the predicted turbulent boundary layer wall pressure spectrum and the experimental data, an optimization code (iSIGHT) is employed. This optimization module is used to minimize the absolute value of the difference (in dB) between the predicted values and those measured across the analysis frequency range. An optimized set of modeling constants is derived that provides reasonable agreement with the measurements.

The scaling of the wall pressure fluctuations in polymer-modified turbulent boundary layer flow

2000 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy A. Brungart ◽  
Wayne J. Holmberg ◽  
Arnold A. Fontaine ◽  
Steven Deutsch ◽  
Howard L. Petrie
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Wall Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Layer Flow
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