Influence of distributed addition of a polymer solution on the characteristics of a turbulent boundary layer

The motion of a plate in the presence of distributed addition of a polymer solution is studied on the basis of a system of partial differential equations. The calculations take into account the influence of the additives on the coefficients of molecular and turbulent viscosity and diffusion. The influence of the concentration and rate of injection of the polymer solution on the profiles of the tangential frictional stress, the averaged velocity, and the local and total frictional drag coefficients is analyzed. The results of calculations are compared with data on the drag of a plate when a polymer solution is injected near its leading edge.     

Displacement in the turbulent boundary layer on a permeable plate with supercritical injection

The displacement thickness in a turbulent boundary layer is determined for supercritical injection parameters. Experimental relations between the displacement thickness and the injection parameter are obtained for air, helium, and freon-12 injected into air.     

Film cooling by injection into a turbulent boundary layer

Most papers on film cooling concern injection of a homogeneous gas. Stollery et al. [1] examined the case of tangential injection of gas into a boundary layer, the specific heat_63-01 differing little from that of the main flow,_63-02.Here we examine the effectiveness of film cooling of a thermally isolated planar wall by local supply to a turbulent boundary layer.     

Surface friction in a turbulent boundary layer with a positive pressure gradient

A dependence of the relative friction coefficient on the form parameter of the aerodynamic curvature is proposed on the basis of measurements of the tangential stress on the wall during the flow of a liquid in a diffusor using the electrodiffusion method. The intensity of fluctuations of the tangential stress at the wall and the instant of appearance of reverse flows are investigated. The results of measurement of the friction coefficient by the electrodiffusion method and Clauser method are compared.     

Ignition of hydrogen in a turbulent boundary layer on a plate

The ignition of hydrogen blown into a turbulent supersonic boundary layer on a flat plate is investigated numerically. It is assumed that the mixture consists of six chemically active components H, O, OH, H₂O, O₂, H₂ and inert nitrogen N₂. The boundary layer is divided into outer and inner regions, for which different expressions for the coefficients of turbulent transport are used. The influence of pulsations on the rates of the chemical reactions, and also the back reaction of the chemical processes on the mechanism of turbulent transfer are not taken into account. The surface of the plate is assumed to be absolutely catalytic with respect to the recombination reactions of the H and O atoms. The influence of the blowing intensity, the Mach number in the outer flow, and the pressure on the ignition delay is analyzed. The possibility of effective porous cooling of the surface when there is combustion in the boundary layer is demonstrated.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 33–40, November–December, 1979.I thank V. G. Gromov and V. A. Levin for their interest in the work.     

Heat transfer in a turbulent boundary layer with stepped injection

The asymptotic theory of a turbulent boundary layer has been applied to derive relationships for the heat and mass transfer when there is injection and consequent nonuniformity in the gas composition. Experimental studies are reported on heat and mass transfer with stepped injection of homogeneous and inhomogeneous gases; the results confirm the equations for the heat and mass transfer at a permeable surface when a foreign gas is blown in.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 4, pp. 124–129, July–August, 1973.     

Diffusion of slot injected drag-reducing polymer solution in a LEBU modified turbulent boundary layer

The effects of a tandem set of large eddy breakup (LEBU) devices on the diffusion of drag-reducing polymer solution and of water injected into a turbulent boundary layer flow have been studied. Laser Doppler velocimeter measurements were taken in the LEBU modified boundary layer with and without polymer injection. A laser-induced fluorescence technique was used to examine the development of concentration profiles of the injected fluids with increasing distance from the injection slot for a range of injection rates. The diffusion rate of water, a passive contaminant, was diminished by the LEBU devices over a distance of only 10 to 15 boundary layer thicknesses before returning to the case of an unmodified flow; whereas the devices did have a major effect on the diffusion of polymer over the entire streamwise distance studied compared to the case of an unmodified flow. Large reductions of turbulent normal and shear stresses were observed downstream of the devices, especially with polymer injection.A version of this paper was presented at the 12^th Symposium on Turbulence, University of Missouri-Rolla, 24–26 September, 1990     

A quasi-similarity analysis of the turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate

The partial differential equation of the boundary layer on a flat plate are simplified by using the universal variables for turbulent flow. For laminar flow this gives boundary layer having a finite thickness and a friction coefficient differing by a few percent from the Blasius value. For a turbulent flow a differential equation for the velocity distribution is obtained with a parameter which varies slowly with the streamwise coordinate. The numerical value of this parameter is determined as an eigenvalue of the differential equations giving a velocity profile which evolves as the boundary layer thickens. Numerical calculations using a simple eddy viscosity model gave results in very good agreement with experiment.     

Effect of local heat supply to a turbulent boundary layer on the friction

The results of calculating a supersonic turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate in the presence of thermal energy supply to the boundary layer are presented. Two methods of energy supply are considered: heating a local interval of the surface, which is otherwise thermally insulated and using a local volume heat source. It is shown that for the same amount of heat supplied to the gas volume heating leads, under certain conditions, to greater friction reduction than the surface heating. Localization of the energy supply zone leads to the intensification of the viscous drag reduction effect and to a greater decrease in the local friction coefficient, which extends a considerable distance downstream. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 48–56, January–February, 1997. The work was carried out with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (project No. 93-013-17600).     

Effect of free-stream turbulence on surface friction in a turbulent boundary layer

The combined effect of the turbulence intensity , the turbulence scaleL, and the Reynolds number Re^** on the surface friction coefficientc _f in a turbulent boundary layer is studied. The dependence of the relative friction increment on the equivalent turbulence level _cq, which takes into account the simultaneous variation in ,L and Re^**, is determined. The threshold value _cq ^* below which the value ofc _f does not depend on _cq is found.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 65–75, March–April, 1995.     

Effect of turbulence of external flow on the turbulent boundary layer at a plate

In [1, 2] turbulence of the external flow was taken into account by specifying the turbulent energy at the external boundary of the boundary layer on integrating the energy-balance equation for the turbulence. In [3] a special correction that allowed the turbulence of the external flow to be taken into account was introduced in determining the mixture path. In [4, 5] the turbulent energy calculated from the energy-balance equation of the turbulence was added to the energy induced by turbulence of the external flow, the energy distribution of the induced turbulence being specified using an empirically selected function. In [6, 7] a method of taking into account the effect of turbulence of the external flow on a layer of mixing and a jet was proposed. In the present work, this method is applied to the boundary layer at a plate.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 26–31, May–June, 1977.     

Experimental study of the turbulent boundary layer on a smooth flat plate with stepwise heat addition

Results are presented of an experimental study of heat transfer with stepwise heat addition on a flat wall. The experimental temperature profiles and heat transfer data obtained confirm the previously suggested hypothesis that the conventional heat-transfer law is valid in this case if the calculation is based on the difference of the equilibrium and actual wall temperatures.The author wishes to thank A. L. Leont'ev, É. P. Volchkov, and E. G. Zaulichnii for guidance and assistance in this study.     

Instability waves in the wall region of a turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate

Coherent structures and the bursting phenomena in the wall region of a turbulent boundary layer play a very important role in determining the characteristics of the boundary layer. Yet the nature and the origin of the coherent structures are unclear until now. In this paper, nonlinear stability calculations for the wall region of a turbulent boundary layer have been made. It was found that there do exist instability waves which may be responsible for the coherent structures. The project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.