Controlling the near vortex wake of a swept half-wing by means of mini-flaps

The effect of mini-flaps on the flow pattern in the near vortex wake behind a model swept half-wing is investigated. The distributions of the time-average flow velocity were measured in a subsonic wind tunnel, in a section normal to the freestream velocity vector located at a distance of 3.8 wing half-spans from its trailing edge. When mini-flaps are mounted on both upper and lower wing surfaces, two vortices (tip and auxiliary) of the same sign are observable in the above-mentioned flow section; they are separated by an extended region of vorticity of the opposite sign. The model angle-of-attack effect on the intensities of the tip and auxiliary vortices is estimated.     

叶轮机内附面层流动与分离的某些研究进展

通过总结有关叶轮机内附面层的研究工作认为,周期性扫掠的上游尾迹改变了附面层的转捩方式,给附面层流动带来了强烈的非定常性,不同的尾迹强度和扫过频率决定了附面层内不同的时空结构; 此外,雷诺数、叶片负荷、表面粗糙度和来流条件等因素均能影响尾迹对附面层的非定常效应.随后总结了尾迹对附面层作用的机理, 并介绍了转捩模型的发展过程.最后提出了关于附面层研究方向的两个疑问,认为附面层分离后的复杂旋涡流场值得重点关注.      

高超声速尾迹流场稳定性数值研究

通过数值模拟, 对高超声速尾迹流场进行了研究, 对其尾迹流动的失稳过程进行了分析.选取计算模型为圆球,Ma= 6.0, Re = 1.71\times 10^6(Re以球头半径为参考长度). 通过数值模拟,首先得到的流动是稳定解,在底部发展出一个主分离区和一个二次分离区,流动是轴对称状态. 不添加任何扰动继续进行计算,发现底部流场缓慢发展出微弱的非定常流动. 随后,该现象继续发展,出现明显的结构失稳,得到了无量纲周期为12.0的周期解. 给出了高超声速圆球绕流尾迹结构的周期性演化过程,对其涡系结构的演化及奇点特征进行了分析. 研究表明该数值模拟方法可用于底部流动稳定性问题的研究,同时证实了高超声速底部流动也存在流动不稳定性.      

Underlying principle of efficient propulsion in flexible plunging foils

Passive flexibility was found to enhance propulsive efficiency in swimming animals.In this study,we numerically investigate the roles of structural resonance and hydrodynamic wake resonance in optimizing efficiency of a flexible plunging foil.The results indicates that（1）optimal efficiency is not necessarily achieved when the driving frequency matches the structural eigenfrequency;（2）optimal efficiency always occurs when the driving frequency matches the wake resonant frequency of the time averaged velocity profile.Thus,the underlying principle of efficient propulsion in flexible plunging foil is the hydrodynamic wake resonance,rather than the structural resonance.In addition,we also found that whether the efficiency can be optimized at the structural resonant point depends on the strength of the leading edge vortex relative to that of the trailing edge vortex.The result of this work provides new insights into the role of passive flexibility in flapping-based propulsion.     

A numerical study of the wake behind a blunt‐trailing‐edged body. Part 2: the topology of the flow

This project focuses on the wake behind a two‐dimensional blunt‐trailing‐edged body. The body has an elliptical nose followed by a straight section that ends in a blunt base. For this geometry, the boundary layer separation points are defined and fixed. This permits a better assessment of the vital influence of the boundary layers upon the wake. It is hoped that the study of this special geometry will contribute to a better understanding of the wake flow. The main aim of this article is to study the topology of the wake by means of direct numerical simulation (DNS). The idea is to mimic some experimental work techniques. In an experiment, by means of proper synchronization, one is able to arrive at the mean‐in‐the‐phase fields. In the present work, similar data are obtained through the use of numerical tools. The topology of the wake flow in terms of the movement of the coherent structures, fields of Reynolds stresses, position of saddles and centers, is obtained for certain values of the body's aspect ratio. A comparison with the circular cylinder experimental data is also provided. An important result is the finding of some specific stress distributions around the main structures. The stress level lines are a hint of where the energy transfer of the mean flow to the turbulence is more intense. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Hydrodynamics of natural oscillations of neutrally buoyant bodies in a layer of continuously stratified fluid

The flow patterns induced by floats of different shapes (sphere, short and long cylinders) freely sinking to the neutral-buoyancy horizon in a continuously stratified fluid are investigated using optical methods. General flow elements, both large-scale (waves, vortices, hydrodynamic wake) and fine-scale (boundary layers, extended autocumulative jets), are distinguished. For large times, the float oscillation frequencies are of the order of or greater than the buoyancy frequency of the medium. This indicates the significant effect of the induced flows on the motion of the float.     

Turbulent flow past a bubble and an ellipsoid using shadow-image and PIV techniques

An experimental investigation on flow around an oscillating bubble and solid ellipsoid with a flat bottom was conducted. A single air bubble (equivalent diameter D_e=9.12 mm) was attached to a small disk (1 mm) at the end of a needle and suspended across a vertical square channel (100 mm) by wire wherein water flowed downward at a constant flowrate. The solid ellipsoid (D_e9.1 mm) was suspended across the square channel in the same manner. The equivalent diameter-based Reynolds and Eotvos number range, 1950<Re<2250 and 11<Eo<11.5, placed the bubble in the ‘wobbly’ regime while the flow in its wake was turbulent. A constant flowrate and one bubble size was used such that flow in the wake was turbulent. Velocity measurements of the flow field around the bubble or solid were made using a one CCD camera Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV) system enhanced by Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF). The shape of the bubble or solid was simultaneously recorded along with the velocity using a second CCD camera and an Infrared Shadow Technique (IST). In this way both the flow-field and the boundary of the bubble (solid) were measured. The velocity vector plots of flow around and in the wake of a bubble/solid, supplemented by profiles and contours of the average and root-mean-square velocities, vorticity, Reynolds stress and turbulent kinetic energy, revealed differences in the wake flow structure behind a bubble and solid. One of the significant differences was in the inherent, oscillatory motion of the bubble which not only produced vorticity in the near-wake, but as a result of apparent vorticity stretching distributed the turbulent kinetic energy associated with this flow more uniformly on its wake, in contrast to the solid.     

Wall pressure fluctuations of a turbulent separated and reattaching flow affected by an unsteady wake

The spatio-temporal characteristics of the wall-pressure fluctuations in separated and reattaching flows over a backward-facing step were investigated through pressure-velocity joint measurements carried out using multiple-arrayed microphones and split-film probes. A spoke-wheel-type wake generator was installed upstream of the backward-facing step. The flow structure at the effective forcing frequency (St _f=0.2) was found to be well organized in terms of wall pressure spectrum, cross-correlation, wavenumber-frequency spectrum, and wavelet auto-correlation. Introduction of the unsteady wake (St _f=0.2) reduced the reattachment length by 10%. In addition, the unsteady wake enhanced the turbulence intensity near the separation edge and, as a consequence, enhanced the quadrupole sound sources; however, the turbulence intensity near the reattachment region was weakened and the overall flow noise was attenuated. The greater organization of the flow structure induced by the unsteady wake led to a weakening of the dipole sound sources, which are the dominant sound sources in this system. The dipole sound sources generated by wall pressure fluctuations were calculated using Curles integral formula.Abbreviations AR Aspect ratio - SBF Spatial box filtering Roman symbols C _p Wall pressure fluctuation coefficient, p/0.5U ² - H Step height of backward-facing step (mm) - H _s Shape factor (H _s = ^*/) - R _s Distance from acoustic source point to observation point (m) - Re _H Reynolds number, U H/ - St The reduced frequency, fH/U - St _f Normalized forcing frequency by unsteady wake, f _p H/U - T Vortex shedding period (s) - U Free-stream velocity (m/s) - a Speed of sound (m/s) - f Frequency (Hz) - f _p Wake passing frequency (Hz) - k Turbulent kinetic energy (m²/s²) - k _x Streamwise wave number (1/m) - k _z Spanwise wave number (1/m) - l _j Cosine of angle - p Instantaneous wall pressure (Pa) - p _rms Root-mean-square of wall pressure (Pa) - p _SBF Spatial box filtered wall pressure (Pa) - p _d Dipole sound source (Pa) - p _w Conditionally-averaged wall pressure (Pa) - q Dynamic pressure, 0.5U ² (Pa) - r Distance from origin to observation point (mm) - u _c Convection velocity (m/s) - u_max Root-mean-square of streamwise velocity (m/s) - x _R Time-mean reattachment length (mm) Greek symbols _p Forward-flow time fraction - Auto-correlation of pressure at x ₀ - Two-dimensional cross-correlation of pressure with streamwise separation interval , spanwise separation interval , and time delay , at (x ₀, z ₀) - Boundary layer thickness (mm, _99%) - ^* Displacement thickness (mm, ) - _ij Kroneckers delta function - Phase angle (°) - Wavelength (mm) - Momentum thickness (mm, ) - Angle between vertical axis and observation point (°) - Density (kg/m³) - Time delay (s) - Streamwise separation interval (m) - Spanwise separation interval (m) - _p (f; x ₀) Autospectrum of pressure measured at x ₀ (Pa² s) - _pp (, ; x ₀) Streamwise cross spectrum of pressure at x ₀ (Pa² s) - _pp (, , ; x ₀, z ₀) Streamwise and spanwise cross spectrum of pressure at (x ₀, z ₀) (Pa² s) - _pp (kx, ; x ₀) Streamwise wavenumber-frequency spectrum of pressure at x ₀ (Pa² s) - _pp (kx, kz, ; x ₀, z ₀) Two-dimensional wavenumber-frequency spectrum of pressure at (x ₀, z ₀) (Pa² s)     

高超声速层流尾迹的数值模拟

本文利用无波动、无自由参数、耗散的差分格式(NND格式),通过求解NS方程,数值模拟了高超声速层流尾迹的流动,清晰地给出了主激波、拐角膨胀波、迹激波及自由剪切层,所得流场物理量的分布与实验结果甚为一致。计算发现了底部迴流区由起始向定常的发展中,在瞬时流线图上经历了极限环形成、胀大、缩小、再胀大最后消失的演变过程。     

Adaptive Feedback Linearizing Control of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Nonlinear Flow Models

This paper treats the question of feedback linearizing control oftwo-dimensional incompressible, unsteady wake flow. For definiteness,flow past a circular cylinder is considered, but the design approachpresented here is applicable to other flow control problems. Twofinite-dimensional lower-order models based on Proper OrthogonalDecomposition (POD) of dimension N with N actuators are considered.Models I and II are obtained using control function and penalty functionmethods, respectively. Control action can be achieved by a combinationof suction, injection, and synthetic jets. For the design ofcontrollers, it is assumed that the system matrices of the POD modelsare unknown. Nonlinear adaptive control systems for the two models arederived. For model I, nontrivial zero-error dynamics exists, which playa key role in the stability of the closed-loop system. But for model II,global adaptive trajectory control is achieved. In the closed-loopsystem, the mode amplitudes asymptotically follow the referencetrajectories. Simulation results for a 4-mode POD model obtained usingthe penalty function method are presented. These results show that inthe closed-loop system, unsteadiness in the mode amplitudes can besuppressed in spite of large uncertainties in the flow model.