scholarly journals Discussion: “The Form Drag of Three-Dimensional Bluff Bodies Immersed in Turbulent Boundary Layers” (Sakamoto, H., Moriya, M., Taniguchi, S., and Arie, M., 1982, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 104, pp. 326–333)

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-334
Author(s):  
E. Plate
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layers ◽  
Bluff Bodies ◽  
Form Drag

The Form Drag of Three-Dimensional Bluff Bodies Immersed in Turbulent Boundary Layers

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Sakamoto ◽  
M. Moriya ◽  
S. Taniguchi ◽  
M. Arie
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Bluff Body ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layers ◽  
Bluff Bodies ◽  
Smooth Wall ◽  
Form Drag ◽  
Pressure Distributions

Measurements of the pressure distributions on the three-dimensional bluff bodies are correlated with the characteristics of the smooth-wall turbulent boundary layers in which the bodies are immersed. The bluff bodies selected for measurement were a cube and a vertical circular cylinder which can be considered as typical examples of three-dimensional bluff bodies. Experimental data were collected to investigate the effects of (1) the variation of the height of bluff bodies h, (2) the characteristics of the smooth-wall boundary layers in which they are immersed, on the form drag acting on the three-dimensional bluff bodies. For flow with zero-pressure gradient, the form drag coefficients of the cube and the vertical circular cylinder defined by CDτ=D/(1/2ρuτ2h2) are found to be expressed as a power-law function of huτ/ν in the range of h/δ less than about 1.0, where D is the form drag, uτ the shear velocity, ν the kinematic viscosity and δ the thickness of the undisturbed boundary layer at the location of the bluff bodies. For h/δ>1.0, the drag coefficients are independent of the parameter uτ/U0, being uniquely related to h/δ. Further, the pressure distributions along the front centerline of each bluff body can be expressed by a single curve irrespective of both the height of the bluff body and the boundary layer characteristics and show a good agreement with the dynamic pressure in an undisturbed boundary layer at the location of the bluff bodies in the range of about 0.2<y/h<0.7, where y is the distance from the wall.

Effects of Three-Dimensional Pressure Gradients on High-Speed Turbulent Boundary Layers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott J. Peltier ◽  
Brian E. Rice ◽  
Ethan Johnson ◽  
Venkateswaran Narayanaswamy ◽  
Marvin E. Sellers
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layers ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layers ◽  
Pressure Gradients

Simple eddy viscosity relations for three-dimensional turbulent boundary layers

AIAA Journal ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 886-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
George L. Mellor ◽  
H. James Herring
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layers
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