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Comparison between spatial and temporal wall oscillations in turbulent boundary layer flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2013

Martin Skote
Martin Skote*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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†Email address for correspondence: mskote@ntu.edu.sg
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Abstract

Direct numerical simulations have been performed to study the drag reduction resulting from spatial oscillations of a segment of the wall under a turbulent boundary layer. The oscillating motion is imposed by utilizing a streamwise modulated spanwise wall forcing. The results are compared with earlier simulations using temporal oscillations with an identical segment and forcing amplitudes, and with a frequency related to the wavelength through a convective velocity. Two different oscillation amplitudes with equal oscillation wavelength have been used, which allows for a direct comparison between a relatively weak and strong forcing of the flow. The weaker forcing results in 25 % drag reduction while the stronger forcing, with twice the amplitude, yields 41 % drag reduction. Comparison with the temporal cases reveals drastically improved energy savings for the spatial oscillation technique, in accordance with earlier channel flow investigations. The streamwise variation of spanwise shear is shown to follow the analytical solution to the laminar Navier–Stokes equations derived under the assumption of constant friction velocity. Furthermore, the spanwise velocity profiles at various phases are compared with the analytical solution, and show very good agreement. The downstream development of the spatial Stokes layer thickness is theoretically estimated to be ${\sim }{x}^{1/ 15} $, in general agreement with the simulation data. The spatial variation of the spanwise Reynolds stress is investigated and compared with the variation in time for the temporal wall forcing cases. The controversy regarding a zero or non-zero production of spanwise Reynolds stress in the temporal case is elucidated. In addition, comparison with the spatial case reveals that a second production term originating from the downstream variation of the spanwise wall velocity has a negative contribution to the production, and hence relates to the larger drag reduction in the case of spatial forcing.

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Flow Control: Flow Control Turbulent Flows: Turbulent boundary layers Flow Control: Drag reduction
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 730 , 10 September 2013 , pp. 273 - 294
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©2013 Cambridge University Press 

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