scholarly journals Extracting Coherent Structures in Near-Wall Turbulence Based on Wavelet Analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Du ◽  
Haibao Hu ◽  
Xiao Huang
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Coherent Structures ◽  
Extraction Method ◽  
Extraction Procedure ◽  
Probability Density Functions ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Spectrum Density ◽  
Hot Film ◽  
Near Wall Turbulence ◽  
Near Wall

To analyze the properties of the coherent structures in near-wall turbulence, an extraction method based on wavelet transform (WT) and a verification procedure based on correlation analysis are proposed in this work. The flow field of the turbulent boundary layer is measured using the hot-film anemometer in a gravitational low-speed water tunnel. The obtained velocity profile and turbulence intensity are validated with traditional boundary layer theory. The fluctuating velocities at three testing positions are analyzed. Using the power spectrum density (PSD) and WT, coherent and incoherent parts of the near-wall turbulence are extracted and analyzed. The probability density functions (PDFs) of the extracted signals indicate that the incoherent structures of turbulence obey the Gaussian distribution, while the coherent structures deviate from it. The PDFs of coherent structures and original turbulence signals are similar, which means that coherent structures make the most contributions to the turbulence entrainment. A correlation parameter is defined at last to prove the validity of our extraction procedure.

Active Control of Near-Wall Coherent Structures

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Konieczny ◽  
A. Bottaro ◽  
V. Monturet ◽  
B. Nogarede
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Coherent Structures ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Travelling Wave ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Integral Control ◽  
Macroscopic Simulation ◽  
Near Wall

This work aims at finding efficient means to reduce skin friction drag in a turbulent boundary layer. The argument on which the study is based is that turbulence exists near a wall because of the presence of an autonomous cycle which is maintained even in the absence of forcing from the free-stream. The central elements of this cycle are the near-wall coherent structures whose dynamics control the turbulence production. It is postulated that an action at the wall capable of disrupting the turbulent wall-cycle can yield a significant skin friction reduction. A model cycle is produced by embedding artificial, large scale streamwise vortices and streaks in a Blasius boundary layer. A control is then conceived, meant to produce an agglomeration of the streaks to hamper the cycle. The action envisaged consists in a movement of the wall, in the form of a spanwise standing or travelling wave of sufficiently long wavelength. The controllers in the present macroscopic simulation are simply cantilever beams whose movement is driven by ceramic piezo-actuators. Piezoelectric fibers realizing the same action (properly rescaled) provide, possibly, the answer to the technological challenge of the integral control of near-wall turbulence.

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