超声速边界层/混合层组合流动的稳定性分析

利用可压缩线性稳定性理论研究了超声速混合层考虑壁面影响流动时的失稳特性. 基本流场选取了具有不同速度特征的2 股均匀来流,进入存在上下壁面的流道中. 混合层与边界层的距离为1~3 个边界层厚度,其中壁面取为绝热壁. 分析了该流动在超声速情况下的稳定性特征,同时还讨论了不同波角下的三维扰动波的演化特点,并与二维扰动波进行了比较和分析. 研究结果表明,在此流动情况下,边界层流动和混合层流动的稳定性特征同时存在,并互有影响,其流动稳定性特征既有别于单纯的平板边界层,也有别于单纯的平面混合层,呈现出了新的稳定性特征.      

超声速边界层/混合层组合流动的稳定性分析简

利用可压缩线性稳定性理论研究了超声速混合层考虑壁面影响流动时的失稳特性. 基本流场选取了具有不同速度特征的2 股均匀来流,进入存在上下壁面的流道中. 混合层与边界层的距离为1~3 个边界层厚度,其中壁面取为绝热壁. 分析了该流动在超声速情况下的稳定性特征,同时还讨论了不同波角下的三维扰动波的演化特点,并与二维扰动波进行了比较和分析. 研究结果表明,在此流动情况下,边界层流动和混合层流动的稳定性特征同时存在,并互有影响,其流动稳定性特征既有别于单纯的平板边界层,也有别于单纯的平面混合层,呈现出了新的稳定性特征.     

可压缩横流失稳及其控制

边界层流动转捩的预测与控制一直是流体力学研究中的一个重要问题. 三维边界层流动工程中十分常见, 而横流失稳是导致三维边界层流动转捩的主要原因. 本文综述了近些年来三维边界层失稳和转捩方面的研究概况. 从机理上讨论了横流扰动的感受性、首次失稳、二次失稳和转捩控制等方面的研究进展. 在数值计算方面, 简要概述了线性稳定性理论、非线性稳定性理论和直接数值模拟方法在横流失稳和转捩方面的应用.本文对横流失稳研究当前存在的问题进行了讨论, 对今后研究的发展趋势作了相应展望.     

抽吸和压力梯度在层流边界层转捩过程中的作用

用空间模式的二次稳定性理论研究了抽吸和压力梯度对边界层三维亚谐扰动流动稳定性的影响．数值结果表明，固体边界上的抽吸有明显的层流控制作用，逆压梯度则有较强的不稳定作用．     

高超声速边界层中模态转化的数值研究

在高超声速边界层中,第一模态和第二模态是与转捩有关的两个主要不稳定模态.除了不稳定模态,还存在一类稳定模态,其相速度在前缘接近快声波的相速度称为快模态.在感受性过程中,这类模态对激发边界层中不稳定模态起着很重要的作用.前缘感受性理论解释了边界层外扰动激发边界层中第一模态波的机理.针对高超声速平板边界层,利用相似性解剖面作为基本流,采用线性稳定性理论和直接数值模拟的方法研究了快模态和慢模态的稳定性行为.研究发现模态转化的位置与马赫数有关.根据线性稳定性理论的结果定义了临界频率.当扰动频率高于临界频率,第一模态与第二模态同支;而当扰动频率低于临界频率,第一模态与第二模态的共轭模态同支.借助稳定性方程的伴随方程分析了直接数值模拟的结果.直接数值模拟结果表明不论上游是快模态还是慢模态,当它们经过第二模态的不稳定区,它们都会演化成第二模态. 这可用模态在非平行流中传播的特征来解释.      

高超声速边界层中模态转化的数值研究

在高超声速边界层中,第一模态和第二模态是与转捩有关的两个主要不稳定模态.除了不稳定模态,还存在一类稳定模态,其相速度在前缘接近快声波的相速度称为快模态.在感受性过程中,这类模态对激发边界层中不稳定模态起着很重要的作用.前缘感受性理论解释了边界层外扰动激发边界层中第一模态波的机理.针对高超声速平板边界层,利用相似性解剖面作为基本流,采用线性稳定性理论和直接数值模拟的方法研究了快模态和慢模态的稳定性行为.研究发现模态转化的位置与马赫数有关.根据线性稳定性理论的结果定义了临界频率.当扰动频率高于临界频率,第一模态与第二模态同支;而当扰动频率低于临界频率,第一模态与第二模态的共轭模态同支.借助稳定性方程的伴随方程分析了直接数值模拟的结果.直接数值模拟结果表明不论上游是快模态还是慢模态,当它们经过第二模态的不稳定区,它们都会演化成第二模态.这可用模态在非平行流中传播的特征来解释.     

哈特曼边界层的初级稳定性分析

导电流体在法向外置磁场的作用下,在贴近壁面处会形成哈特曼边界层.哈特曼边界层的稳定性研究对电磁冶金过程和热核聚变反应冷却系统等相关设备的设计和运行都有着十分重要的意义.本文采用非正则模态稳定性分析方法,对两无限大绝缘平行平板内导电流体流动的稳定性进行了研究.通过在时间上迭代求解扰动变量的控制方程组和伴随控制方程组,获得了在磁场作用下初级扰动的增长情况及其空间分布形式,分析了磁场强度对最优扰动增长倍数G_max、最优展向波数β_opt和最优时刻t_opt的影响,并考察了上下两个哈特曼边界层之间的相互作用.结果表明,最优初始扰动的空间分布形式为沿着流场方向的漩涡,关于法向方向对称或者反对称.当哈特曼数Ha较大时(Ha>10),对称漩涡和反对称漩涡形式的初始扰动增长倍数基本相等;上下两个哈特曼边界层可以认为是彼此独立的,不会相互影响,此时最优扰动增长倍数G_max与局部雷诺数R的平方成正比,相应的最优展向波数β_opt和最优时刻t_opt均正比于哈特曼数Ha.当哈特曼数Ha较小时(Ha<10),反对称漩涡形式的初始扰动更为不稳定,其增长倍数大于对称漩涡的增长倍数,且上下两个边界层之间存在着一定的相互作用,并对整个流场的稳定性产生一定的影响.      

流动稳定性问题

文中综述了近年来在平行流稳定性方面的主要进展.论述了自由剪切流中相干结构与流动稳定性的关系及其重要性.指出了湍流边界层底层的相干结构有可能是一种不稳定波,还论述了流动稳定性理论在减阻这类技术问题中可能起的作用.     

钝度对高超声速钝锥边界层稳定性的影响

采用直接数值模拟方法计算了8个不同球头半径的钝锥基本流,运用线性稳定性理论分析了钝度对边界层稳定性的影响。结果表明,随钝度增大,边界层内的不稳定区向下游移动,第二模态的最大增长率减小。在线性稳定性分析的基础上,研究了非线性扰动演化以及平均流修正对稳定性的影响。结果表明,在基本流中引入有限幅值扰动后,下游的平均流剖面会发生明显改变。流场稳定性发生显著变化,线性阶段最不稳定的第二模态波变得稳定,而第一模态波明显增长起来。第一模态波的快速增长使N值可以达到4,这将会对转捩有很大的促进作用。     

波纹壁对高超声速平板边界层稳定性的影响

高超声速边界层转捩会使飞行器表面热流和摩阻增加3～5倍,极大影响高超声速飞行器的性能.波纹壁作为一种可能的推迟边界层转捩的被动控制方法,具有较强的工程应用前景.文章研究了不同高度和安装位置的波纹壁对来流马赫数6.5的平板边界层稳定性的影响.采用直接数值模拟(DNS)得到层流场,并在上游分别引入不同频率的吹吸扰动以研究波纹壁对扰动演化的作用.对于不同位置的波纹壁,探究了其与同步点相对位置对其作用效果的影响,与相同工况下光滑平板的扰动演化结果进行了对比,发现当快慢模态同步点位于波纹壁上游时,波纹壁会对该频率的第二模态扰动起到抑制作用.当同步点位于波纹壁之中或者下游时,波纹壁对扰动的作用可能因为存在两种不同的机制而使得结果较为复杂.对于不同高度波纹壁,发现高度较低的波纹壁,其作用效果强弱与波纹壁高度成正相关,而更高的波纹壁则会减弱其作用效果.与DNS结果相比,线性稳定性理论可以定性预测波纹壁对高频吹吸扰动的作用,但在波纹壁附近的强非平行性区域误差较大.     

Higher order stability effects in a natural convection boundary layer over a vertical heated wall

 The stability of a laminar boundary layer flow under natural convection on a vertical isothermally heated wall is studied analytically. The analysis is performed by using two different two-dimensional linear models: (1) The non-parallel flow model in which the steady mean flow as well as the disturbance amplitude functions can change in the streamwise direction; (2) The parallel flow model in which the effects of the mean flow and disturbance changes in the streamwise direction are neglected. The linear non-parallel stability analysis is based on the so-called parabolised stability equations (PSEs) which have been successfully applied to the stability analysis of forced convection boundary layers. In this study the PSE equations are applied to natural convection boundary layers in order to show the difference between parallel and non-parallel stability analysis. A second part of this study deals with the effects of variable properties, which are always present in natural convection flows. They are analysed by an extended version of the Orr–Sommerfeld equation (EOSE). Received on 31 May 2000     

Spatial direct numerical simulation of high-speed boundary-layer flows part I: Algorithmic considerations and validation

A highly accurate algorithm for the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of spatially evolving high-speed boundary-layer flows is described in detail and is carefully validated. To represent the evolution of instability waves faithfully, the fully explicit scheme relies on non-dissipative high-order compact-difference and spectral collocation methods. Several physical, mathematical, and practical issues relevant to the simulation of high-speed transitional flows are discussed. In particular, careful attention is paid to the implementation of inflow, outflow, and far-field boundary conditions. Four validation cases are presented, in which comparisons are made between DNS results and results obtained from either compressible linear stability theory or from the parabolized stability equation (PSE) method, the latter of which is valid for nonparallel flows and moderately nonlinear disturbance amplitudes. The first three test cases consider the propagation of two-dimensional second-mode disturbances in Mach 4.5 flat-plate boundary-layer flows. The final test case considers the evolution of a pair of oblique second-mode disturbances in a Mach 6.8 flow along a sharp cone. The agreement between the fundamentally different PSE and DNS approaches is remarkable for the test cases presented.     

Nonlinear evolution analysis of T-S disturbance wave at finite amplitude in nonparallel boundary layers

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Applications of parabolized stability equation for predicting transition position in boundary layers

The phenomenon of laminar-turbulent transition exists universally in nature and various engineering practice.The prediction of transition position is one of crucial theories and practical problems in fluid mechanics due to the different characteristics of laminar flow and turbulent flow.Two types of disturbances are imposed at the entrance,i.e.,identical amplitude and wavepacket disturbances,along the spanwise direction in the incompressible boundary layers.The disturbances of identical amplitude are consisted of one two-dimensional(2D) wave and two three-dimensional(3D) waves.The parabolized stability equation(PSE) is used to research the evolution of disturbances and to predict the transition position.The results are compared with those obtained by the numerical simulation.The results show that the PSE method can investigate the evolution of disturbances and predict the transition position.At the same time,the calculation speed is much faster than that of the numerical simulation.     

On two-dimensional linear waves in Blasius boundary layer over viscoelastic layers

This work concerns the direct numerical simulation of small-amplitude two-dimensional ribbon-excited waves in Blasius boundary layer over viscoelastic compliant layers of finite length. A vorticity-streamfunction formulation is used, which assures divergence-free solutions for the evolving flow fields. Waves in the compliant panels are governed by the viscoelastic Navier's equations. The study shows that Tollmien–Schlichting (TS) waves and compliance-induced flow instability (CIFI) waves that are predicted by linear stability theory frequently coexist on viscoelastic layers of finite length. In general, the behaviour of the waves is consistent with the predictions of linear stability theory. The edges of the compliant panels, where abrupt changes in wall property occur, are an important source of waves when they are subjected to periodic excitation by the flow. The numerical results indicate that the non-parallel effect of boundary-layer growth is destabilizing on the TS instability. It is further demonstrated that viscoelastic layers with suitable properties are able to reduce the amplification of the TS waves, and that high levels of material damping are effective in controlling the propagating CIFI.     

Verification of parabolized stability equations for its application to compressible boundary layers

Parabolized stability equations (PSE) were used to study the evolution of disturbances in compressible boundary layers.The results were compared with those ob- tained by direct numerical simulations (DNS),to check if the results from PSE method were reliable or not.The results of comparison showed that no matter for subsonic or supersonic boundary layers,results from both the PSE and DNS method agreed with each other reasonably well,and the agreement between temperatures was better than those between velocities.In addition,linear PSE was used to calculate the neutral curve for small amplitude disturbances in a supersonic boundary layer.Compared with those obtained by linear stability theory (LST),the situation was similar to those for incom- pressible boundary layer.     

Vortex structure simulation for supersonic mixing layers using nonlinear PSE method

The method of nonlinear parabolized stability equations (PSE) is applied in the simulation of vortex structures in compressible mixing layer. The spatially-evolving unstable waves, which dominate the vortex structure, are investigated through spatial marching method. The instantaneous flow field is obtained by adding the harmonic waves to basic flow. The results show that T-S waves do not keep growing exponentially as the linear evolution, the energy transfer to high order harmonic modes, and that finally all harmonic modes get saturated due to nonlinear interaction. The mean flow distortion induced by the nonlinear interaction between the harmonic modes and their conjugate harmonic ones, makes great change of the average flow and increases the thickness of mixing layer. PSE methods can well capture the two- and three-dimensional large scale nonlinear vortex structures in mixing layers such as vortex roll-up, vortex pairing, and Λ vortex.     

Studies on nonlinear stability of three-dimensional H-type disturbance

The three-dimensional H-type nonlinear evolution process for the problem of boundary layer stability is studied by using a newly developed method called parabolic stability equations (PSE). The key initial conditions for sub-harmonic disturbances are obtained by means of the secondaryinstability theory. The initial solutions of two-dimensional harmonic waves are expressed in Landau expansions. The numerical techniques developed in this paper, including the higher order spectrum method and the more effective algebraic mapping for dealing with the problem of an infinite region, increase the numerical accuracy and the rate of convergence greatly. With the predictor-corrector approach in the marching procedure, the normalization, which is very important for PSE method, is satisfied and the stability of the numerical calculation can be assured. The effects of different pressure gradients, including the favorable and adverse pressure gradients of the basic flow, on the “H-type“ evolution are studied in detail. The results of the three-dimensional nonlinear “H-type“ evolution are given accurately and show good agreement with the data of the experiment and the results of the DNS from the curves of the amplitude variation, disturbance velocity profile and the evolution of velocity.     

PSE as applied to problems of secondary instability in supersonic boundary layers

Parabolized stability equations (PSE) approach is used to investigate prob-lems of secondary instability in supersonic boundary layers. The results show that the mechanism of secondary instability does work, whether the 2-D fundamental disturbance is of the first mode or second mode T-S wave. The variation of the growth rates of the 3-D sub-harmonic wave against its span-wise wave number and the amplitude of the 2-D fundamental wave is found to be similar to those found in incompressible boundary layers. But even as the amplitude of the 2-D wave is as large as the order 2%, the maximum growth rate of the 3-D sub-harmonic is still much smaller than the growth rate of the most unstable second mode 2-D T-S wave. Consequently, secondary instability is unlikely the main cause leading to transition in supersonic boundary layers.     

A new method for computing turbulence in compressible laminar-turbulent transition and boundary layers--PSE＋DNS

A new method for computing laminar-turbulent transition and turbulence in compressible boundary layers is proposed. It is especially useful for computation of laminar-turbulent transition and turbulence starting from small-amplitude disturbances. The laminar stage, up to the beginning of the breakdown in laminar-turbulent transition, is computed by parabolized stability equations (PSE). The direct numerical simulation (DNS) method is used to compute the transition process and turbulent flow, for which the inflow condition is provided by using the disturbances obtained by PSE method up to that stage. In the two test cases incfuding a subsonic and a supersonic boundary layer, the transition locations and the turbulent flow obtained with this method agree well with those obtained by using only DNS method for the whole process. The computational cost of the proposed method is much less than using only DNS method.