Skin Friction Reduction by Energy Addition into a Turbulent Boundary Layer

Author(s):  
Vladimir Levin ◽  
Oleg Larin
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Vladimir I. Kornilov ◽  
Andrey V. Boiko

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.


1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. K. Madavan ◽  
C. L. Merkle ◽  
S. Deutsch

Computational results of an initial attempt to model the phenomenon of skin-friction reduction by microbubble injection are presented. A well-tested boundary-layer code employing a simple mixing length model for the turbulence is used. The action of the bubbles is simulated by allowing the viscosity and density to vary locally as a function of a prescribed bubble concentration profile. Parametric studies of bubble location in the boundary layer, peak concentration and mixture viscosity model are performed. The order of magnitude and trends of the experimental skin-friction reduction are reproduced quite well by this simple model.


1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 351-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Nadolink ◽  
Wayne W. Haigh

This bibliography on skin friction reduction with boundary-layer additives including polymers, surfactants, disoaps, micelles, and particulates, covers over a seventy-year period from 1922 through 1994. Although the emphasis in this bibliography is on the fluid mechanics associated with alterations in boundary-layer momentum transfer, complementary studies on boundary-layer heat and mass transfer are also inlcuded. The emphasis in this bibliography is on turbulent flows for a wide variety of configurations and conditions, however, some publications on transitional and laminar flows have also been included for completeness. Over 4,900 publications are included in this sizable bibliography.


2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 740-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Goyne ◽  
R. J. Stalker ◽  
A. Paull ◽  
C. P. Brescianini

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