scholarly journals Evaluation of Skin Friction Drag Reduction in the Turbulent Boundary Layer Using Riblets

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 5199
Author(s):  
Hidemi Takahashi ◽  
Hidetoshi Iijima ◽  
Mitsuru Kurita ◽  
Seigo Koga
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Friction Drag ◽  
Freestream Velocity ◽  
Turbulent Statistics ◽  
Friction Drag Reduction ◽  
Riblet Surface

A unique approach to evaluate the reduction of skin friction drag by riblets was applied to boundary layer profiles measured in wind tunnel experiments. The proposed approach emphasized the turbulent scales based on hot-wire anemometry data obtained at a sampling frequency of 20 kHz in the turbulent boundary layer to evaluate the skin friction drag reduction. Three-dimensional riblet surfaces were fabricated using aviation paint and were applied to a flat-plate model surface. The turbulent statistics, such as the turbulent scales and intensities, in the boundary layer were identified based on the freestream velocity data obtained from the hot-wire anemometry. Those turbulent statistics obtained for the riblet surface were compared to those obtained for a smooth flat plate without riblets. Results indicated that the riblet surface increased the integral scales and decreased the turbulence intensity, which indicated that the turbulent structure became favorable for reducing skin friction drag. The proposed method showed that the current three-dimensional riblet surface reduced skin friction drag by about 2.8% at a chord length of 67% downstream of the model’s leading edge and at a freestream velocity of 41.7 m/s (Mach 0.12). This result is consistent with that obtained by the momentum integration method based on the pitot-rake measurement, which provided a reference dataset of the boundary layer profile.

Skin Friction Drag Reduction in Turbulent Boundary Layer Conditions over Riblet Surfaces

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetoshi Iijima ◽  
Hidemi Takahashi ◽  
Seigo Koga ◽  
Monami Sasamori ◽  
Yoshimi Iijima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Friction Drag ◽  
Friction Drag Reduction

Experimental study of skin friction drag reduction of turbulent boundary layer over shallow dimples

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Abdur Razzak ◽  
Yong Dong Cui ◽  
Jonathan Tay ◽  
Zhen Wei Teo ◽  
Thirukumaran Nadesan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Friction Drag ◽  
Friction Drag Reduction

An experimental investigation of a three-dimensional turbulent boundary layer in an ‘S’-shaped duct

1999 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
pp. 175-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. BRUNS ◽  
H. H. FERNHOLZ ◽  
P. A. MONKEWITZ
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Reynolds Stress ◽  
Test Section ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Freestream Velocity ◽  
Wire Probe ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Near Wall

This paper describes the evolution of an incompressible turbulent boundary layer on the flat wall of an ‘S’-shaped wind tunnel test section under the influence of changing streamwise and spanwise pressure gradients. The unit Reynolds number based on the mean velocity at the entrance of the test section was fixed to 106 m−1, resulting in Reynolds numbers Reδ2, based on the streamwise momentum thickness and the local freestream velocity, between 3.9 and 11 × 103. The particular feature of the experiment is the succession of two opposite changes of core flow direction which causes a sign change of the spanwise pressure gradient accompanied by a reversal of the spanwise velocity component near the wall, i.e. by the formation of so-called cross-over velocity profiles. The aim of the study is to provide new insight into the development of the mean and fluctuating flow field in three-dimensional pressure-driven boundary layers, in particular of the turbulence structure of the near-wall and the cross-over region.Mean velocities, Reynolds stresses and all triple correlations were measured with a newly developed miniature triple-hot-wire probe and a near-wall hot-wire probe which could be rotated and traversed through the test plate. Skin friction measurements were mostly performed with a wall hot-wire probe. The data from single normal wires extend over wall distances of y+ [gsim ] 3 (in wall units), while the triple-wire probe covers the range y+ [gsim ] 30. The data show the behaviour of the mean flow angle near the wall to vary all the way to the wall. Then, to interpret the response of the turbulence to the pressure field, the relevant terms in the Reynolds stress transport equations are evaluated. Finally, an attempt is made to assess the departure of the Reynolds stress profiles from local equilibrium near the wall.

Bubble friction drag reduction in a high-Reynolds-number flat-plate turbulent boundary layer

2006 ◽  
Vol 552 (-1) ◽  
pp. 353 ◽  
Author(s):  
WENDY C. SANDERS ◽  
ERIC S. WINKEL ◽  
DAVID R. DOWLING ◽  
MARC PERLIN ◽  
STEVEN L. CECCIO
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Friction Drag ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Friction Drag Reduction
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