Understanding the Dependence of Near-Wake Characteristics on the Cube Height in a Turbulent Boundary Layer

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddhesh Shinde ◽  
Kevin Maki ◽  
Eric Johnsen
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Near Wake ◽  
Wake Characteristics

Development of the turbulent near wake of a tapered thick flat plate

1988 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
pp. 135-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Haji-Haidari ◽  
C. R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Turbulence Structure ◽  
Near Wake ◽  
Growth Region ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Centreline Velocity ◽  
Hot Film

The velocity field and turbulence structure in the near wake of a thick flat plate with a tapered trailing-edge geometry are examined using both hydrogen-bubble flow visualization and hot-film anemometry measurements. Tests were conducted for Re1 = 8.5 × 105 in the region 0 < x+ < 6400 behind the trailing edge. The probe and visualization results indicate a similarity between both (i) velocity and turbulence structure variations wih x+ in the near wake, and (ii) the corresponding changes in similar flow characteristics with y+ within a turbulent boundary layer. In particular, visualization data in the vicinity of the wake centreline reveal the existence of strong streamwise flow structures in the region close (x+ < 270) to the trailing edge. The streamwise orientation of the observed structures diminishes as x+ increases. From hot-film measurements, two separate regions along the wake centreline can be distinguished: (i) a linear growth region which extends over 0 < x+ < 100, wherein the centreline velocity varies linearly with x+; and (ii) a logarithmic growth region for x+ > 270, wherein the centreline velocity varies as log x+. The similarity in behaviour between these regions and the comparable wall region of a turbulent boundary layer suggests the existence of a common functionality. This similarity is demonstrated by a simple linear relationship of the form y+ = Kx+, which is shown to approximately collapse the velocity behaviour both across a turbulent boundary layer and along the wake centreline to a unified set of empirical relationships.

On the Response of Planar Wakes to Asymmetric Initial Conditions

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladan Momayez ◽  
Marouen Dghim ◽  
Mohsen Ferchichi ◽  
Sylvain Graveline
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Laminar Boundary Layer ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Turbulent Wake ◽  
Lower Side ◽  
Near Wake ◽  
Laminar Wake

This work reports an experimental investigation on the response of a planar wake generated by a profiled flat plate to various upstream flow conditions. A tripping wire was placed on the upper side of the flat plate just downstream of the leading edge of the plate that resulted in asymmetric separating shear layers at the trailing edge. The near wake asymmetry is compared to the symmetrical case at two different Reynolds numbers. Two asymmetric initial conditions resulted, namely, laminar boundary layer on the lower side and a turbulent boundary layer on the upper side, and a turbulent boundary layer on the lower side and tripped turbulent boundary layer on the upper surface. The near wake dynamics were investigated under the effects of the degree of asymmetry using hot-wire anemometry and flow visualizations. The measurements showed when one of the two boundary layers was tripped, the wake shifted towards the tripped side and wake spreading was found to be larger than in the case of the symmetrical wake with the effect being more pronounced in the asymmetric laminar wake. Self-similarity of the asymmetrical wakes was established by properly selecting appropriate similarity variables however, the similarity of the wake was less evident in the tripped laminar boundary layer case. Convection velocity, Uc, of the Von Karman large eddies, estimated using processed flow visualization images seemed to increase with increased Reynolds number and with increased upstream momentum thickness. In the symmetric laminar wake, Uc/U∞ increases from 0.2 and reached an asymptotic value of about 0.85 further downstream. In the presence of perturbation, Uc/U∞ attained a constant value of about 0.83 further downstream compared to the symmetric case. For the turbulent wake, however, asymmetry of the turbulence levels was found to increase the convection speed compared to both the laminar wake and the symmetric turbulent wake reaching a constant value nearly at the same downstream position for both the symmetric and asymmetric turbulent wake.

scholarly journals Near-wake flow structure downwind of a wind turbine in a turbulent boundary layer

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1219-1235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Corey D. Markfort ◽  
Fernando Porté-Agel
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Flow Structure ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Near Wake
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document