A study of unsteadiness of shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions from fluctuating wall pressure measurements

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. TRAN ◽  
S. BOGDONOFF
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Shock Wave ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Pressure Measurements

Well Resolved Wall Pressure Measurements in a High Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layer

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan F. Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Surface Pressure ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Boundary Layer Turbulence ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Salt Playa

In order to better understand boundary layer turbulence at high Reynolds number, the fluctuating wall pressure was measured within the turbulent boundary layer that forms over the salt playa of Utah’s west desert. Pressure measurements simultaneously acquired from an array of nine microphones were analyzed and interpreted. The wall pressure intensity was computed and compared with low Reynolds number data. This analysis indicated that the variance in wall pressure increases logarithmically with Reynolds number. Computed autocorrelations provide evidence for a hierarchy of surface pressure producing scales. Space-time correlations are used to compute broadband convection velocities. The convection velocity data indicate an increasing value for larger sensor separations. To the author’s knowledge, the pressure measurements are the highest Reynolds number, well resolved measurements of fluctuating surface pressure to date.

Physics of unsteady blunt-fin-induced shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions

1994 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 375-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon Brusniak ◽  
David S. Dolling
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Time History ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Flow Region ◽  
Horseshoe Vortex ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Separation Shock ◽  
Pressure Distributions

Fluctuating wall-pressure measurements have been made on the centreline upstream of a blunt fin in a Mach 5 turbulent boundary layer. By examining the ensemble-averaged wall-pressure distributions for different separation shock foot positions, it has been shown that local fluctuating wall-pressure measurements are due to a distinct pressure distribution, [weierp ]i, which undergoes a stretching and flattening effect as its upstream boundary translates aperiodically between the upstream-influence and separation lines. The locations of the maxima and minima in the wall-pressure standard deviation can be accurately predicted using this distribution, providing quantitative confirmation of the model. This model also explains the observed cross-correlations and ensemble-average measurements within the interaction. Using the [weierp ]i model, wall-pressure signals from under the separated flow region were used to reproduce the position–time history of the separation shock foot. The unsteady behaviour of the primary horseshoe vortex and its relation to the unsteady separation shock is also described. The practical implications are that it may be possible to predict some of the unsteady aspects of the flowfield using mean wall-pressure distributions obtained from either computations or experiments; also, to minimize the fluctuating loads caused by the unsteadiness, flow control methods should focus on reducing the magnitude of the [weierp ]i gradient (∂[weierp ]i/∂x).

The expansion of a hypersonic turbulent boundary layer at a sharp corner

1975 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. Bloy
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Sharp Corner ◽  
Transfer Theory ◽  
Heat Transfer Theory ◽  
Surface Data ◽  
Pitot Pressure

A sharp wedge expansion flap was tested in the von Kámán Institute Long-shot tunnel at Mach 16 and data on the wall pressure and heat transfer were obtained. Pitot pressure measurements in the boundary layer just ahead of the expansion flap were also made. The surface data are compared with predictions from a characteristics solution for the boundary-layer expansion and from a simple heat-transfer theory.

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