Skin-friction measurements in a turbulent boundary layer under the influence of free-stream turbulence
Skin-friction measurements in a turbulent boundary layer under the influence of free-stream turbulence
This experimental investigation deals with the influence of free-stream turbulence (FST) produced by an active grid on the skin-friction of a zero-pressure- gradient turbulent boundary layer. Wall shear stress is obtained by oil-film interferometry (OFI). Additionally, hot-wire anemometry was performed to obtain wall-normal profiles of streamwise velocity. This enables the skin-friction to be deduced from the mean profile. Both methods show remarkable agreement for every test case. Although skin friction is shown to increase with FST; the trend with Reynolds number is found to be similar to cases without FST. Furthermore, once the change in the friction velocity is accounted for, the self-similarity of the logarithmic region and below (i.e. law of the wall) appears to hold for all FST cases investigated.
OFI, free-stream turbulence, turbulent boundary layer
Blay Esteban, Luis
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Dogan, Eda
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Rodriguez-Lopez, Eduardo
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Ganapathisubramani, Bharathram
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September 2017
Blay Esteban, Luis
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Dogan, Eda
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Rodriguez-Lopez, Eduardo
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Ganapathisubramani, Bharathram
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Blay Esteban, Luis, Dogan, Eda, Rodriguez-Lopez, Eduardo and Ganapathisubramani, Bharathram
(2017)
Skin-friction measurements in a turbulent boundary layer under the influence of free-stream turbulence.
Experiments in Fluids, 58 (115).
(doi:10.1007/s00348-017-2397-8).
Abstract
This experimental investigation deals with the influence of free-stream turbulence (FST) produced by an active grid on the skin-friction of a zero-pressure- gradient turbulent boundary layer. Wall shear stress is obtained by oil-film interferometry (OFI). Additionally, hot-wire anemometry was performed to obtain wall-normal profiles of streamwise velocity. This enables the skin-friction to be deduced from the mean profile. Both methods show remarkable agreement for every test case. Although skin friction is shown to increase with FST; the trend with Reynolds number is found to be similar to cases without FST. Furthermore, once the change in the friction velocity is accounted for, the self-similarity of the logarithmic region and below (i.e. law of the wall) appears to hold for all FST cases investigated.
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 July 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 August 2017
Published date: September 2017
Keywords:
OFI, free-stream turbulence, turbulent boundary layer
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Local EPrints ID: 412629
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/412629
ISSN: 0723-4864
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