Drag Reduction Effect of Dimples Arranged in Two-Dimensional Quasicrystal Structure

2010 ◽  
Vol 146-147 ◽  
pp. 331-335
Author(s):  
Wen Hui Xue ◽  
Xing Guo Geng ◽  
Feng Li ◽  
Jie Li ◽  
Yao Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Rotating Fluids ◽  
Periodic Arrays ◽  
Visualization Experiment ◽  
Reduction Efficiency ◽  
Reduction Effect ◽  
Coherent Effect ◽  
Quasicrystal Structure

Rotating fluids experiments were carried out by CAP2000+ cone viscometer, to examine the drag reduction properties of dimples arranged in quasicrystal structure. The dimples were fabricated on the surface of duralunmin (LY12) plates. Compared with the periodic arrays, the dimples arranged in quasicrystal structure, especially the 12-fold quasicrystal structure, could significantly reduce the wall shear stress. And the relative drag reduction efficiency changes periodically with the depth of dimple. Flow-visualization experiment verified that the coherent effect of dimples arranged in quasicrystal structure and the fluids could efficiently inhibit the extending intensity of radial secondary flow, which strengthens the drag reduction effect.

Simulation Analysis of Drag-Reduction Effect by Dimpled Surfaces with Quasicrystal and Crystal Lattice Arrangment

2011 ◽  
Vol 399-401 ◽  
pp. 1736-1740
Author(s):  
Yao Zhang ◽  
Xing Guo Geng ◽  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Xiao Na Wang
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Spanwise Direction ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Streamwise Direction ◽  
Fraunhofer Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Wave ◽  
Diffraction Peaks ◽  
Reduction Effect ◽  
Quasicrystal Structure

Based on the experimental results that two-dimensional dimpled surface structure arranged in 12-fold quasicrystal lattice could effectively reduce drag, a model of two-dimensional Fraunhofer diffraction wave is built in this paper to simulate and analyse the effect characteristics of disturbed waves which generated by two-dimensional quasicrystal and periodic crystal structure. The simulated results show that the intensity distribution of diffraction peaks with 12-fold quasicrystal structure is more uniform and the intensities of diffraction peaks are much smaller in the streamwise direction than that of other structures, meanwhile along spanwise direction it has less strong diffraction peaks, from which it can realize effective drag reduction.

Drag reduction and turbulent structure in two-dimensional channel flows

1991 ◽  
Vol 336 (1640) ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Reynolds Stress ◽  
Polymer Concentration ◽  
Turbulent Structure ◽  
Channel Flows ◽  
Channel Height ◽  
Normal Velocity ◽  
Two Dimensional

A two-component laser velocimeter has been used to determine the effect of wall strain rate, polymer concentration and channel height upon the drag reduction and turbulent structure in fully developed, low concentration, two-dimensional channel flows. Water flows at equal wall shear stress and with Reynolds numbers from 14430 to 34640 were measured for comparison. Drag reduction levels clearly depended upon wall strain rate, polymer concentration and channel height independently.However, most of the turbulent structure depended only upon the level of drag reduction. The slope of the logarithmic law of the wall increased as drag reduction increased. Similarly, the root-mean-square of the fluctuations in the streamwise velocity increased while the r.m.s. of the fluctuations in the wall-normal velocity decreased with drag reduction. The production of the streamwise normal Reynolds stress and the Reynolds shear stress decreased in the drag-reduced flows. Therefore it appears that the polymer solutions inhibit the transfer of energy from the streamwise to the wall-normal velocity fluctuations. This could occur through inhibiting the newtonian transfer mechanism provided by the pressure-strain correlation. In six drag-reducing flows, the sum of the Reynolds stress and the mean viscous stress was equal to the total shear stress. However, for the combination of highest concentration (5 p.p.m.), smallest channel height (25 mm) and highest wall strain rate (4000 s - 1 ), the sum of the Reynolds and viscous stresses was substantially lower than the total stress indicating the presence of a strong non-newtonian effect. In all drag-reducing flows the correlation coefficient for uv decreased as the axes of principal stress for the Reynolds stress rotated toward the streamwise and wall-normal directions.

Wall shear stress mapping in the rotating cage geometry and evaluation of drag reduction efficiency using an electrochemical method

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (8) ◽  
pp. 1809-1816 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Chaal ◽  
B. Albinet ◽  
C. Deslouis ◽  
Y.T. Al-Janabi ◽  
A. Pailleret ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Electrochemical Method ◽  
Reduction Efficiency ◽  
Stress Mapping ◽  
Wall Shear

Experimental Investigation on Influence of Inclination and Curved Surface of Ship Bottom in Air Lubrication Method

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiharu Kawakita ◽  
Tatsuya Hamada
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Frictional Drag ◽  
Void Fraction Distribution ◽  
Air Lubrication ◽  
Fraction Distribution ◽  
Local Shear ◽  
Reduction Effect ◽  
Local Shear Stress

Abstract The air lubrication method, which mixes millimeter bubbles into the flow around the hull and reduces frictional resistance, is expected to have a large energy saving effect among a number of marine energy saving technologies. Concerning the frictional drag reduction effect using the air lubrication method, in this study, the frictional drag reduction effect was experimentally investigated for gas-liquid two phase flow considering the influence of inclination and curved surface of the ship bottom. Measurement of local shear stress and measurement of void fraction distribution near the wall surface were carried out and the correlation between local shear stress and local void fraction distribution was grasped.

Numerical Analysis of Drag Reduction Characteristics of Biomimetic Puffer Skin: Effect of Spinal Height and Tilt Angle

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 4615-4624
Author(s):  
Hong-Gen Zhou ◽  
Chang-Feng Jia ◽  
Gui-Zhong Tian ◽  
Xiao-Ming Feng ◽  
Dong-Liang Fan
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Viscous Drag ◽  
Total Drag ◽  
Pressure Drag ◽  
Reduction Efficiency ◽  
Distribution Parameters ◽  
Reduction Effect ◽  
Reduction Characteristics

Based on the migratory phenomenon of the puffer and the cone-shaped structures on its skin, the effects of spinal height and tilt angle on the drag reduction characteristics is presented by numerical simulation in this paper. The results show that the trend of total drag reduction efficiency changes from slow growth to a remarkable decline, while the viscous drag reduction efficiency changes from an obvious increase to steady growth. The total and viscous drag reduction efficiencies are 19.5% and 31.8%, respectively. In addition, with the increase in tilt angle, the total drag reduction efficiency decreases gradually; the viscous drag reduction efficiency first increases and then decreases, finally tending to be stable; and the total and viscous drag reduction efficiency reaches 20.7% and 26.7%, respectively. The flow field results indicate that the pressure drag mainly originates at the front row of the spines and that the total pressure drag can be effectively controlled by reducing the former pressure drag. With the increase in low-speed fluid and the reduction in the near-wall fluid velocity gradient, the viscous drag can be weakened. Nevertheless, the drag reduction effect is achieved only when the decrement of viscous drag is greater than the increment of pressure drag. This work can serve as a theoretical basis for optimizing the structure and distribution parameters of spines on bionic non-smooth surfaces.

Correction: Development of a Two-Dimensional Wall Shear Stress Sensor for Wind Tunnel Applications

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Freidkes ◽  
David A. Mills ◽  
Casey Keane ◽  
Lawrence S. Ukeiley ◽  
Mark Sheplak
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Stress Sensor ◽  
Shear Stress Sensor ◽  
Wall Shear

The Departure from Equilibrium of Turbulent Boundary Layers

1968 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layers ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Momentum Integral ◽  
State Examination

SummaryRecently two authors, Nash and Goldberg, have suggested, intuitively, that the rate at which the shear stress distribution in an incompressible, two-dimensional, turbulent boundary layer would return to its equilibrium value is directly proportional to the extent of the departure from the equilibrium state. Examination of the behaviour of the integral properties of the boundary layer supports this hypothesis. In the present paper a relationship similar to the suggestion of Nash and Goldberg is derived from the local balance of the kinetic energy of the turbulence. Coupling this simple derived relationship to the boundary layer momentum and moment-of-momentum integral equations results in quite accurate predictions of the behaviour of non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers in arbitrary adverse (given) pressure distributions.

scholarly journals Photocatalytic reduction of graphene oxide with cuprous oxide film under UV-vis irradiation

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Wang ◽  
Jianqing Feng ◽  
Lihua Jin ◽  
Chengshan Li
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Photocatalytic Reduction ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Reduced Graphene ◽  
Reduction Efficiency ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Reduction Effect

AbstractWe have grown Cu2O films by different routes including self-oxidation and metal-organic deposition (MOD). The reduction efficiency of Cu2O films on graphene oxide (GO) synthesized by modified Hummer’s method has been studied. Surface morphology and chemical state of as-prepared Cu2O film and GO sheets reduced at different conditions have also been investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Results show that self-oxidation Cu2O film is more effective on phtocatalytic reduction of GO than MOD-Cu2O film. Moreover, reduction effect of self-oxidation Cu2O film to GO is comparable to that of environmental-friendly reducing agent of vitamin C. The present results offer a potentially eco-friendly and low-cost approach for the manufacture of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) by photocatalytic reduction.

A novel two-dimensional high SNR MEMS shear stress sensor for ocean turbulence

2021 ◽  
pp. 112891
Author(s):  
Congcong Hao ◽  
Wenjun Zhang ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Zhidong Zhang ◽  
Jian He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Ocean Turbulence ◽  
Stress Sensor ◽  
Shear Stress Sensor

scholarly journals Noise Reduction Effect of Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Streamwise Strip of Channel Flow

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 3869
Author(s):  
Chen Niu ◽  
Yongwei Liu ◽  
Dejiang Shang ◽  
Chao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Noise Reduction ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Superhydrophobic Surface ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Flow Noise ◽  
Slip Boundary ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Reduction Effect

Superhydrophobic surface is a promising technology, but the effect of superhydrophobic surface on flow noise is still unclear. Therefore, we used alternating free-slip and no-slip boundary conditions to study the flow noise of superhydrophobic channel flows with streamwise strips. The numerical calculations of the flow and the sound field have been carried out by the methods of large eddy simulation (LES) and Lighthill analogy, respectively. Under a constant pressure gradient (CPG) condition, the average Reynolds number and the friction Reynolds number are approximately set to 4200 and 180, respectively. The influence on noise of different gas fractions (GF) and strip number in a spanwise period on channel flow have been studied. Our results show that the superhydrophobic surface has noise reduction effect in some cases. Under CPG conditions, the increase in GF increases the bulk velocity and weakens the noise reduction effect. Otherwise, the increase in strip number enhances the lateral energy exchange of the superhydrophobic surface, and results in more transverse vortices and attenuates the noise reduction effect. In our results, the best noise reduction effect is obtained as 10.7 dB under the scenario of the strip number is 4 and GF is 0.5. The best drag reduction effect is 32%, and the result is obtained under the scenario of GF is 0.8 and strip number is 1. In summary, the choice of GF and the number of strips is comprehensively considered to guarantee the performance of drag reduction and noise reduction in this work.

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