scholarly journals Three-Dimensional Laminar Boundary Layer with Small Cross-Flow

Author(s):  
ARTUR MAGER
1992 ◽  
Vol 242 ◽  
pp. 701-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tadjfar ◽  
R. J. Bodonyi

Receptivity of a laminar boundary layer to the interaction of time-harmonic free-stream disturbances with a three-dimensional roughness element is studied. The three-dimensional nonlinear triple–deck equations are solved numerically to provide the basic steady-state motion. At high Reynolds numbers, the governing equations for the unsteady motion are the unsteady linearized three-dimensional triple-deck equations. These equations can only be solved numerically. In the absence of any roughness element, the free-stream disturbances, to the first order, produce the classical Stokes flow, in the thin Stokes layer near the wall (on the order of our lower deck). However, with the introduction of a small three-dimensional roughness element, the interaction between the hump and the Stokes flow introduces a spectrum of all spatial disturbances inside the boundary layer. For supercritical values of the scaled Strouhal number, S0 > 2, these Tollmien–Schlichting waves are amplified in a wedge-shaped region, 15° to 18° to the basic-flow direction, extending downstream of the hump. The amplification rate approaches a value slightly higher than that of two-dimensional Tollmien–Schlichting waves, as calculated by the linearized analysis, far downstream of the roughness element.


1970 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Libby ◽  
Karl K. Chen

A three-dimensional boundary layer developing along a semi-infinite swept stagnation line from a starting edge and evolving into that associated with such a line of infinite extent is calculated. A series solution useful for assessing the counteracting effects of cross-flow and mass transfer near the starting edge and for providing initial data for a subsequent streamwise, numerical solution is developed. The asymptotic behaviour far from the starting edge is examined and shown to involve only eigenfunction contributions associated with the far upstream flow. However, it is not presently possible to determine the relevant eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. Numerical solutions based on a difference-differential analysis yield the entire development of the boundary layer and indicate the streamwise length required for the case of the boundary layer at an infinite stagnation line to be obtained.


1968 ◽  
Vol 183 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. F. Scott

Because of the characteristically narrow impeller tip width in a proposed supersonic centrifugal compressor design, boundary layer effects in the vortex chamber are likely to be significant. The radial pressure gradient in the chambers sweeps retarded fluid towards the centre of curvature of the streamlines, thereby creating a ‘cross-flow’ in the boundary layer which is three-dimensional. Although the flow geometry has axial symmetry, the cross-flow is not independent of the streamwise flow. The momentum—integral method is adopted, together with assumptions concerning the velocity profiles; the energy equation is solved with the assumption of an adiabatic wall. Simultaneous solution of the free stream and boundary layer equations yields results emphasizing the critical dependence of the transverse deflection and growth of the boundary layer on the whirl component of the velocity. Separation cannot be predicted, but effects in the free stream can be estimated when the perturbations are small. Although the results are related to compressor performance, the method is generally applicable in situations where the idealizing assumption of spiral vortex flow is acceptable.


Author(s):  
A. D. Carmichael

A relatively simple method for predicting some of the characteristics of three-dimensional turbulent boundary layers is presented. The basic assumption of the method is that the cross-flow is small. An empirical correlation of a basic shape factor of the cross-flow boundary layer against the streamwise shape factor H is provided. This correlation, together with data for the streamwise boundary layer, is used to predict the cross flow. The solution is very sensitive to the accuracy of the streamwise boundary-layer data which is predicted by conventional two-dimensional methods.


1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. L. Lindsay ◽  
H. B. Carrick ◽  
J. H. Horlock

An integral method of calculating the three-dimensional turbulent boundary layer development through the blade rows of turbomachines is described. It is based on the solution of simultaneous equations for (i) & (ii) the growth of streamwise and cross-flow momentum thicknesses; (iii) entrainment; (iv) the wall shear stress; (v) the position of maximum cross-flow. The velocity profile of the streamwise boundary layer is assumed to be that described by Coles. The cross-flow profile is assumed to be the simple form suggested by Johnston, but modified by the effect of bounding blade surfaces, which restrict the cross-flow. The momentum equations include expressions for “force-defect” terms which are also based on secondary flow analysis. Calculations of the flow through a set of guide vanes of low deflection show good agreement with experimental results; however, attempts to calculate flows of higher deflection are found to be less successful.


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