Shear Layer Dynamics in Resonating Cavity Flows

Abstract

The shear layer above open cavities were studied through detailed velocity and surface pressure measurements sampled in a synchronous manner. The Particle Image Velocimetry measurement yielded mean flow characteristics and instantaneous flow snapshots. The mean turbulent quantities showed the dominance of the shear layer and the region around the corner of the aft wall. Cross-correlations of the surface pressure measurements showed evidence of the shear layer structures being convected downstream and an upstream propagating acoustic wave for the cases where resonance occurred. The PIV data was also combined with the surface pressure measurements through the application of the Quadratic Stochastic Estimation procedure to provide time resolved snapshots of the flow field. Examination of these results indicate the strong pumping action of the cavity regardless of whether resonance existed and was used to visualize the large scale structures interacting with the aft wall.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA428493

Entities

People

  • Lawrence S Ukeiley
  • Nathan Murray

Organizations

  • University of Mississippi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Convection
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Standing Waves
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Dynamics.