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Contribution of large-scale motions to the skin friction in a moderate adverse pressure gradient turbulent boundary layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2018

Min Yoon ,
Jinyul Hwang  and
Hyung Jin Sung Open the ORCID record for Hyung Jin Sung [Opens in a new window]
Min Yoon
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
Jinyul Hwang
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
Hyung Jin Sung*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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†Email address for correspondence: hjsung@kaist.ac.kr
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Abstract

Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent boundary layer (TBL) subjected to a moderate adverse pressure gradient (APG, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}=1.45$) is performed to explore the contribution of large scales to the skin friction, where $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$ is the Clauser pressure gradient parameter. The Reynolds number based on the momentum thickness develops from $Re_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}}\approx 110$ to 6000 with an equilibrium region in $Re_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}}=4000$–5500. The spanwise wavelength ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{z}$) spectra of the streamwise and spanwise velocity fluctuations show that the large-scale energy is significantly enhanced throughout the boundary layer. We quantify the superposition and amplitude modulation effects of these enhanced large scales on the skin friction coefficient ($C_{f}$) by employing two approaches: (i) spanwise co-spectra of $\langle v\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{z}\rangle$ and $\langle -w\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{y}\rangle$; (ii) conditionally averaged $\langle v\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{z}\rangle$ and $\langle -w\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{y}\rangle$. The velocity–vorticity correlations $\langle v\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{z}\rangle$ and $\langle -w\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{y}\rangle$ are related to the advective transport and the vortex stretching, respectively. Although $\langle v\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{z}\rangle$ negatively contributes to $C_{f}$, the positive contribution of the large scales ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{z}>0.5\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}$) is observed in the co-spectra of weighted $\langle v\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{z}\rangle$. For the co-spectra of weighted $\langle -w\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{y}\rangle$, we observe an outer peak at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{z}\approx 0.75\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}$ and the superposition of the large scales in the buffer region, leading to the enhancement of $C_{f}$. The magnitude of $\langle v\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{z}\rangle$ and $\langle -w\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{y}\rangle$ depends on the large-scale streamwise velocity fluctuations ($u_{L}$). In particular, the negative-$u_{L}$ events amplify $\langle v\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{z}\rangle$ in the outer region, and $\langle -w\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{y}\rangle$ is enhanced by the positive-$u_{L}$ events. As a result, the skin friction induced by $\langle v\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{z}\rangle$ and $\langle -w\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{y}\rangle$ increases in the present APG TBL.

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Turbulent Flows: Turbulence simulation Turbulent Flows: Turbulent boundary layers Turbulent Flows: Turbulent Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 848 , 10 August 2018 , pp. 288 - 311
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