Laminar hypersonic leading edge separation – a numerical study

2017 ◽  
Vol 821 ◽  
pp. 624-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amna Khraibut ◽  
S. L. Gai ◽  
L. M. Brown ◽  
A. J. Neely

This paper describes laminar hypersonic leading edge separation. Such a configuration of separated flow was originally studied by Chapman et al. (NACA Tech. Rep. 1356, 1958) at supersonic Mach numbers as it is particularly amenable to theoretical analysis and assumes no pre-existing boundary layer. It can be considered as a limiting case of much studied generic configurations such as separation at a compression corner and separated flow behind a base. A numerical investigation is described using a compressible Navier–Stokes solver assuming perfect gas air, no slip boundary condition and a non-catalytic surface. A moderate enthalpy flow of $3.1\times 10^{6}~\text{J}~\text{kg}^{-1}$ with a unit Reynolds number of $1.34\times 10^{6}~\text{ m}^{-1}$ and a Mach number of 9.66 was considered. The resulting separated flow is analysed in the context of viscous–inviscid interaction and interpreted in terms of ‘triple-deck’ concepts. Particular emphasis is given to wall temperature effects. The effects of strong to moderate wall cooling on flow in the separated region as well as on processes of separation, reattachment and separation length, are highlighted. The numerical simulations have also shown the existence of a secondary eddy embedded within the primary recirculation region, with its size, shape and position, being strongly affected by the wall temperature.

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Gonzalez ◽  
Xabier Munduate

This work undertakes an aerodynamic analysis over the parked and the rotating NREL Phase VI wind turbine blade. The experimental sequences from NASA Ames wind tunnel selected for this study respond to the parked blade and the rotating configuration, both for the upwind, two-bladed wind turbine operating at nonyawed conditions. The objective is to bring some light into the nature of the flow field and especially the type of stall behavior observed when 2D aerofoil steady measurements are compared to the parked blade and the latter to the rotating one. From averaged pressure coefficients together with their standard deviation values, trailing and leading edge separated flow regions have been found, with the limitations of the repeatability of the flow encountered on the blade. Results for the parked blade show the progressive delay from tip to root of the trailing edge separation process, with respect to the 2D profile, and also reveal a local region of leading edge separated flow or bubble at the inner, 30% and 47% of the blade. For the rotating blade, results at inboard 30% and 47% stations show a dramatic suppression of the trailing edge separation, and the development of a leading edge separation structure connected with the extra lift.


Author(s):  
K. Vijaykumar ◽  
S. Poonkodi ◽  
A.T. Sriram

Sunroof has become one of the essential features of a luxury car, and it provides natural air circulation and good illumination into the car. But the primary problem associated with it is the buffeting noise which causes discomfort to the passengers. Though adequate studies were carried out on sunroof buffeting, efficient control techniques are needed to be developed from fundamental mechanism. To reduce the buffeting noise, flow modifications at the entrance of the sunroof is considered in this study. The internal portion of the car with sunroof is simplified into a shear driven open cavity, and two-dimensional numerical simulations are carried out using commercial solver, ANSYS Fluent. Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equation is used with the realizable k-? turbulence model. The unsteady numerical result obtained in this study is validated with the available experimental results for the dominant frequency. The prediction is good agreement with experiment. Flow modification technique is proposed to control the sunroof buffeting by implementing geometric modifications. A hump has been placed near the leading edge of the cavity which resulted in significant reduction of pressure oscillations. Parametric studies have been performed by varying the height of hump and the distance of hump from the leading edge. There is no prominent difference when the height of the hump is varied. As the distance of the hump from the leading edge is reduced, the sound pressure level decreases.


Author(s):  
Joris C. G. Verschaeve

By means of the continuity equation of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations, additional physical arguments for the derivation of a formulation of the no-slip boundary condition for the lattice Boltzmann method for straight walls at rest are obtained. This leads to a boundary condition that is second-order accurate with respect to the grid spacing and conserves mass. In addition, the boundary condition is stable for relaxation frequencies close to two.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 633-643
Author(s):  
Hugo Beirão da Veiga ◽  
Jiaqi Yang

Abstract H.-O. Bae and H.J. Choe, in a 1997 paper, established a regularity criteria for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in the whole space ℝ3 based on two velocity components. Recently, one of the present authors extended this result to the half-space case $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle \mathbb{R}^3_+ \end{array}$. Further, this author in collaboration with J. Bemelmans and J. Brand extended the result to cylindrical domains under physical slip boundary conditions. In this note we obtain a similar result in the case of smooth arbitrary boundaries, but under a distinct, apparently very similar, slip boundary condition. They coincide just on flat portions of the boundary. Otherwise, a reciprocal reduction between the two results looks not obvious, as shown in the last section below.


2011 ◽  
Vol 668 ◽  
pp. 100-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. U. FELDERHOF ◽  
G. OOMS

The flow of a viscous compressible fluid in a circular tube generated by a sudden impulse at a point on the axis is studied on the basis of the linearized Navier–Stokes equations. A no-slip boundary condition is assumed to hold on the wall of the tube. An efficient numerical scheme has been developed for the calculation of flow velocity and pressure disturbance as a function of position and time.


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