Skin friction reduction by large air bubbles in a horizontal channel flow

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuichi Murai ◽  
Hiroshi Fukuda ◽  
Yoshihiko Oishi ◽  
Yoshiaki Kodama ◽  
Fujio Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Skin Friction ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Horizontal Channel ◽  
Air Bubbles ◽  
Skin Friction Reduction

Turbulent Skin Friction Reduction through the Application of Superhydrophobic Coatings to a Towed Submerged SUBOFF Body

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
James W. Gose ◽  
Kevin Golovin ◽  
Mathew Boban ◽  
Brian Tobelmann ◽  
Elizabeth Callison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Doppler Velocity ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Average Decrease ◽  
Skin Friction Reduction ◽  
Overall Resistance ◽  
Near Wall

In the present study, the drag-reducing effect of sprayed superhydrophobic surfaces (SHSs) is determined for two external turbulent boundary layer (TBL) flows. We infer the modification of skin friction created beneath TBLs using near-wall laser Doppler velocity measurements for a series of tailored SHSs. Measurements of the near-wall Reynolds stresses were used to infer reduction in skin friction between 8% and 36% in the channel flow. The best candidate SHS was then selected for application on a towed submersible body with a SUBOFF profile. The SHS was applied to roughly 60% of the model surface over the parallel midbody of the model. The measurements of the towed resistance showed an average decrease in the overall resistance from 2% to 12% depending on the speed and depth of the towed model, which suggests a SHS friction drag reduction of 4-24% with the application of the SHS on the model. The towed model results are consistent with the expected drag reduction inferred from the measurements of a near-zero pressure gradient TBL channel flow.

Measurements for Turbulent Channel Flow Containing Microbubbles Using PIV/LIF Technique

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeki Nagaya ◽  
Koichi Hishida ◽  
Yoshiaki Kodama ◽  
Akira Kakugawa
Keyword(s):  
Skin Friction ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Local Skin ◽  
Local Skin Friction ◽  
Turbulent Flow Field ◽  
Skin Friction Reduction

It is known that local skin friction can be reduced by injecting microbubbles into a trubulent boundary layer. However, so far the mechanism of the reduction has never been understood. In the present study, the objective is to understand the characteristics of a turbulent flow field containing microbubbles with an experimental approach in order that the mechanism for the skin friction reduction is clearly elucidated. In order to measure the flow with the microbubbles, a combination of PIV and LIF methods is developed. Measurements are carried out for a horizontal channel flow with microbubbles by which the skin friction is reduced. Modifications of the wall turbulence due to the injection of the microbubbles are discussed.

Linear proportional–integral control for skin-friction reduction in a turbulent channel flow

2017 ◽  
Vol 814 ◽  
pp. 430-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Euiyoung Kim ◽  
Haecheon Choi
Keyword(s):  
Skin Friction ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Normal Velocity ◽  
Integral Control ◽  
Velocity Fluctuations ◽  
Proportional Integral ◽  
Skin Friction Reduction

In the present study, we apply a proportional (P)–integral (I) feedback control to a turbulent channel flow for skin-friction reduction. The instantaneous wall-normal velocity at a sensing plane above the wall is measured as a sensing parameter, and blowing/suction is provided at the wall based on the PI control. The performance of PI controls is estimated by the change in the skin friction while varying the sensing plane location $y_{s}$ and the proportional and integral feedback gains ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$ respectively). The opposition control proposed by Choi et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 262, 1994, pp. 75–110) corresponds to a P control with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=1$. When the sensing plane is located close to the wall ($y_{s}^{+}\lesssim 10$), PI controls result in greater skin-friction reductions than corresponding P controls. The root-mean-square (r.m.s.) sensing velocity fluctuations, considered as the control error, approach zero with successful PI controls, but do not with P controls. Successful PI controls reduce the strength of near-wall coherent structures and the r.m.s. velocity fluctuations above the wall apart from those near the wall due to the control input. The frequency spectra of the sensing velocity show that the I component of PI controls significantly reduces the energy at low frequencies, much more than P controls do. Proportional–integral controls are also applied to a linearized flow model having transient growth of disturbances. The performance of PI controls for a linearized flow model is very similar to that for a turbulent channel flow, i.e. the low-frequency components of disturbances are significantly reduced by the I component of PI controls, and the transient energy growth is suppressed more than by P controls.

Application of Air Microblowing Through a Porous Wall for Skin Friction Reduction on a Flat Plate

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Vladimir I. Kornilov ◽  
Andrey V. Boiko
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Mass Flow Rate ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Porous Wall ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Local Skin ◽  
Skin Friction Reduction

The effect of air microblowing through a porous wall on the properties of a turbulent boundary layer formed on a flat plate in an incompressible flow is studied experimentally. The Reynolds number based on the momentum thickness of the boundary layer in front of the porous insert is 3 900. The mass flow rate of the blowing air per unit area was varied within Q = 0−0.0488 кg/s/m2 . A consistent decrease in local skin friction, reaching up to 45−47 %, is observed to occur at the maximal blowing air mass flow rate studied.

Multiple slot skin friction reduction

1975 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 753-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Howard ◽  
J. N. Hefner ◽  
A. J. Srokowski
Keyword(s):  
Skin Friction ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Skin Friction Reduction

Proposal of control laws for turbulent skin friction reduction based on resolvent analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 866 ◽  
pp. 810-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aika Kawagoe ◽  
Satoshi Nakashima ◽  
Mitul Luhar ◽  
Koji Fukagata
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Suboptimal Control ◽  
Spectral Space ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Wall Shear ◽  
Skin Friction Reduction

This paper evaluates and modifies the so-called suboptimal control technique for turbulent skin friction reduction through a combination of low-order modelling and direct numerical simulation (DNS). In a previous study, Nakashima et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 828, 2017, pp. 496–526) employed resolvent analysis to show that the efficacy of suboptimal control was mixed across spectral space when the streamwise wall shear stress (case ST) was used as a sensor signal, i.e. specific regions of spectral space showed drag increment. This observation suggests that drag reduction may be attained if control is applied selectively in spectral space. DNS results presented in the present study, however, do not show a significant effect on the flow with selective control. A posteriori analyses attribute this lack of efficacy to a much lower actuation amplitude in the simulations compared to model assumptions. Building on these observations, resolvent analysis is used to design and provide a preliminary assessment of modified control laws that also rely on sensing the streamwise wall shear stress. Control performance is then assessed by means of DNS. The proposed control laws generate as much as $10\,\%$ drag reduction, and these results are broadly consistent with resolvent-based predictions. The physical mechanisms leading to drag reduction are assessed via conditional sampling. It is shown that the new control laws effectively suppress the near-wall quasi-streamwise vortices. A physically intuitive explanation is proposed based on a separate evaluation of clockwise and anticlockwise vortices.

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