Aerodynamic Applications of Boundary Layer Control Using Embedded Streamwise Vortices

Abstract

The objective of the proposed work is to show feasibility and effectiveness of inherent streamwise vortices to control characteristics of boundary layers through modification of their space-time scales as well as to develop an engineering approach to generation and maintenance of a favorable vortical structure near a wall. To account for flow conditions taking place in practice the formulated flow control strategy will be extended to fully developed turbulent boundary layers. The investigations were carried out experimentally in wind tunnels and numerically and were focused on structural peculiarities of a near-wall flow and their connection with integral flow characteristics. Special attention was paid to modifications of the turbulence scale/spectra, dissipation rate of turbulence energy, influence on Reynolds shear stress and estimation/measurements of skin friction coefficients. Computational results were verified by measured values of integral boundary-layer characteristics for various cases of flow control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA425398

Entities

People

  • Nina F. Yurchenko

Organizations

  • National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Control
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbines
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster