Scale-by-scale energy budget in a turbulent boundary layer over a rough wall

Hot-wire velocity measurements are carried out in a turbulent boundary layer over a rough wall consisting of transverse circular rods, with a ratio of 8 between the spacing (w) of two consecutive rods and the rod height (k). The pressure distribution around the roughness element is used to accurately measure the mean friction velocity ($U_{\tau }$) and the error in the origin. It is found that $U_{\tau }$ remained practically constant in the streamwise direction suggesting that the boundary layer over this surface is evolving in a self-similar manner. This is further corroborated by the similarity observed at all scales of motion, in the region $0.2⩽y/\delta ⩽0.6$, as reflected in the constancy of Reynolds number ($R_{\lambda }$) based on Taylor’s microscale and the collapse of Kolmogorov normalized velocity spectra at all wavenumbers.A scale-by-scale budget for the second-order structure function $〈{(\delta u)}^2〉$ ($\delta u=u(x+r)-u(x)$, where u is the fluctuating streamwise velocity component and r is the longitudinal separation) is carried out to investigate the energy distribution amongst different scales in the boundary layer. It is found that while the small scales are controlled by the viscosity, intermediate scales over which the transfer of energy (or $〈{(\delta u)}^3〉$) is important are affected by mechanisms induced by the large-scale inhomogeneities in the flow, such as production, advection and turbulent diffusion. For example, there are non-negligible contributions from the large-scale inhomogeneity to the budget at scales of the order of $\lambda$, the Taylor microscale, in the region of the boundary layer extending from $y/\delta =0.2$ to 0.6 ($\delta$ is the boundary layer thickness).     

Flow-induced vibration of a square cylinder without and with interference

This paper presents the results of an investigation on the interference effects of a rigid square cylinder on the transverse vibrations of a spring-mounted square cylinder (test cylinder) exposed to a uniform flow. The interference effects were studied for the tandem, side-by-side and staggered arrangements. Experiments have been carried out for various relative dimensions of the test cylinder and the interfering cylinder; the tests for the staggered arrangements were conducted at several tandem distances between the two. The results indicate that there is a critical combination of relative dimensions and spacing that gives rise to maximum amplitude of vibration. Among the cases studied, tandem arrangement with $L/B=1.25$ and $b/B=0.5$ gives rise to maximum amplitude of vibration with $(a/B{)}_{\max }=0.57$. A tentative explanation is offered for the observed features based on flow-visualization studies conducted as a part of the experimental investigation.     

Unsteady Couette flow in a rotating system

We have studied the unsteady Couette flow of a viscous incompressible fluid confined between parallel plates, rotating with an uniform angular velocity about an axis normal to the plates. The flow is induced by the motion of the upper plate and the fluid and plates rotate in unison with the same constant angular velocity. An exact solution of the governing equations have been obtained for small and large time $\tau$ by applying Laplace transform technique. It is found that the primary velocity decreases with increase in rotation parameter for small as well as large time. It is interesting to note that a back flow occurs in the region $0.0⩽\eta ⩽0.7$ for large time with increase in K when $K=4$ and 5. The secondary velocity increases in magnitude for small time with increase in rotation parameter. It is observed that the secondary velocity increases in magnitude for small values of rotation parameter. On the other hand, for large values of rotation parameter $K^2$, it decreases near the stationary plate and increases near the moving plate. The shear stress due to primary flow decreases with increase in rotation parameter $K^2$. On the other hand, it increases due to secondary flow with increase in rotation parameter for small time. It is noticed that for large time there exists separation in the primary and secondary flows due to high rotation.     

Propagation of weak waves in elastic-plastic and elastic-viscoplastic solids with interfaces

A numerical technique based on the method of singular surfaces has been developed for the computation of wave propagation in solids exhibiting rate-independent elastic-plastic or rate-dependent elastic-viscoplastic behavior. The von Mises yield condition and associated flow rule is taken to represent the rate-independent behavior, while the Perzyna dynamic overstress model is taken to represent the rate-dependent behavior. For 1100-0 Al, a good empirical fit with published experimental data was found to be: $J_2{}^{1/2}?\kappa \left(W^p\right)=\left({\tau }_0/{\gamma }_0\right)\left(\stackrel{0}{W^p}/J_2{}^{1/2}\right)$ where:J₂ is the second invariant of the stress deviator;_k(W^p) is the static hardening curve;W^p is the plastic work and the parameter (τ₀/γ₀) = 0 (rate-independent model) or (80)^?1 to (70)^?1 MPa · s. In the numerical technique, the “connection equations” which provide relations between discontinuities in space and time derivatives lend themselves naturally to finite difference representations. A five-point space-time grid (center point coincident with the instantaneous location of the singular surface) is sufficient for the differenced form of the connection equations and suggests a natural marching scheme for the calculation of all necessary variables at each time step. Supplementing these equations which hold in the interior of the specimen are interface equations which assure continuity in stress and velocity across boundaries which separate materials with dissimilar properties. Application of the technique is made to wave propagation in pure shear for the purpose of comparing numerical predictions with relevant experimental data. The measurements of Duffyet al.[10] which are obtained from the torsional Kolsky apparatus (one dimensional torsional shear wave propagation in a thin-walled tube) were compared with predictions obtained numerically. By using the experimental input pulse history and the constitutive equation reported above, excellent agreement between the predicted and observed histories of reflected and transmitted pulses was obtained when the viscoplastic model was used. Poorer agreement was observed when the rate-independent model (τ₀/γ₀=0) was used. It is concluded that the Perzyna model gives good results for the behavior of 1100-0 Al at high rates of strain.