Active Turbulence Control in Wall Bounded Flows Using Direct Numerical Simulation

Abstract

The objective of the study is to explore concepts for control of turbulent boundary layers leading to skin-friction reduction using the direct numerical simulation technique. This report is divided into three parts where different control methods are investigated: an active control by sensing and perturbing structures near the wall, a feedback control procedure guided by control theory, and a passive control by longitudinal riblets. Part I: significant drag reduction is achieved when the surface boundary condition is modified to suppress the dynamically significant coherent structures present in the wall region. Part II: mathematical methods of control theory are applied to the problem of control of fluid flow. Part III: direct numerical simulation is performed to analyze turbulent flow over longitudinal riblets, and to educe the mechanism of drag reduction by riblets. TF-55 'Turbulent Drag Reduction: Studies of Feedback Control and Flow Over Riblets' by Haecheon Choi, Parviz Moin and John Kim.... Turbulent drag reduction, Feedback control, Passive control (Riblet).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 06, 1992
Accession Number
ADA267261

Entities

People

  • Parviz Moin

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geometry
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Mechanics
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.