Spatial numerical simulation of boundary layer transition: effects of a spherical particle

DOI10.1017/S0022112097006198MaRDI QIDQ4359026zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Eileen M. Saiki, Sedat Biringen

Publication date 7 October 1997

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112097006198

zbMATH Keywords

bypass transitiondecaying Tollmien-Schlichting waveflat-plate boundary layerhairpin vorticeshigh-order finite difference/spectral methodsubcritical flowsupercritical flowtime-splitting methodtransient partturbulent spotvirtual boundary techniquewave part

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Wakes and jets (76D25) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20)

Review text

The authors investigate numerically the effects of an isolated stationary spherical particle on the transition process in a flat-plate boundary layer. The full three-dimensional time-dependent incompressible Navier-Stokes equations are integrated by a time-splitting method and discretized spatially by a high-order finite difference/spectral method. A virtual boundary technique defining the noslip boundary of a sphere is implemented within the Cartesian geometry of the computational grid. The authors present computations for both sub- and supercritical cases. The subcritical Reynolds number case reveals the appearance of hairpin vortices shed into the sphere wake ; these vortices decay as they are convected downstream. The initial interaction of the sphere and the boundary layer produces a three-dimensional isolated disturbance consisting of a wave part and a transient part. The decaying transient part is convected downstream at the local mean velocity, while the wave part induces a decaying Tollmien-Schlichting wave in the flow field. In the supercritical case, an increase in the Reynolds number results in a wedge of incipient turbulent flow downstream of the sphere. The development of the wake is dominated by the appearance of an isolated disturbance which rapidly breaks down forming a structure resembling a turbulent spot. The author demonstrate that the transition induced by a sphere in the boundary layer is due to a mechanism related to bypass transition.

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