Forced Navier-Stokes-based Analysis of Low-Frequency Dynamics in a Shock/Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction

Author(s):  
Michael C. Adler ◽  
Datta V. Gaitonde
2018 ◽  
Vol 848 ◽  
pp. 154-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Estruch-Samper ◽  
Gaurav Chandola

This paper presents an experimental study on shock-wave/turbulent-boundary-layer interaction unsteadiness and delves specifically into the shear layer’s role. A range of axisymmetric step-induced interactions is investigated and the scale of separation is altered by over an order of magnitude – mass in the recirculation by two orders – while subjected to constant separation-shock strength. The effect of the separated shear layer on interaction unsteadiness is thus isolated and its kinematics are characterised. Results point at a mechanism whereby the depletion of separated flow is dictated by the state of the large eddy structures at their departure from the bubble. Low-frequency pulsations are found to adjust in response and sustain a reconciling view of an entrainment–recharge process, with both an inherent effect of the upstream boundary layer on shear layer inception and an increase in the mass locally acquired by eddies as they develop downstream.


2012 ◽  
Vol 700 ◽  
pp. 16-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muzio Grilli ◽  
Peter J. Schmid ◽  
Stefan Hickel ◽  
Nikolaus A. Adams

AbstractThe unsteady behaviour in shockwave turbulent boundary layer interaction is investigated by analysing results from a large eddy simulation of a supersonic turbulent boundary layer over a compression–expansion ramp. The interaction leads to a very-low-frequency motion near the foot of the shock, with a characteristic frequency that is three orders of magnitude lower than the typical frequency of the incoming boundary layer. Wall pressure data are first analysed by means of Fourier analysis, highlighting the low-frequency phenomenon in the interaction region. Furthermore, the flow dynamics are analysed by a dynamic mode decomposition which shows the presence of a low-frequency mode associated with the pulsation of the separation bubble and accompanied by a forward–backward motion of the shock.


2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 931-935
Author(s):  
Xin Li ◽  
Hui-jun Tan ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
He-xia Huang ◽  
Yun-jie Guo ◽  
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