Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of turbulent spatially-developing boundary layers is performed over an isothermal flat plate at several flow regimes: incompressible, supersonic (Mach 2.5), and hypersonic (Mach 5). Similar low Reynolds numbers are considered in all cases with the purpose of assessing flow compressibility on low/high order flow statistics and on the dynamics of coherent structures of Zero Pressure Gradient (ZPG) flows. Turbulent inflow information is generated by following the concept of the rescaling-recycling approach introduced by Lund et al. (J. Comp. Phys. 140, 233-258, 1998); although, the proposed methodology is extended to high-speed flows. Furthermore, a dynamic approach
is employed to connect the friction velocities at the inlet and recycle stations (i.e., there is no need of an empirical correlation as in Lund et al.). The Mach number effect has been mainly identified as significant changes in peak values of the streamwise velocity fluctuations. The vertical transport of Reynolds shear stresses is slightly away from the wall in the near wall region for the hypersonic case. Zones of low speed fluid exhibits a much more elongated shape in incompressible
flow as compared with the compressible counterpart. Furthermore, low speed streaks exhibit a contorted, twisted and stretched form in incompressible flow while they are shorter and more isotropic in the supersonic flow.
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Reynolds number dependency in supersonic spatially-developing turbulent boundary layers
Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of compressible spatially-developing turbulent boundary layers (SDTBL) is performed at a Mach number of 2.5 and low/high Reynolds numbers over isothermal Zero-Pressure Gradient (ZPG) flat plates. Turbulent inflow information is generated via a dynamic rescaling-recycling approach (J. Fluid Mech., 670, pp. 581-605, 2011), which avoids the use of empirical correlations in the computation of inlet turbulent scales. The range of the low Reynolds number case is approximately 400-800, based on the momentum thickness, freestream velocity and wall viscosity. DNS at higher Reynolds numbers (~3,000, about four-fold larger) is also carried out with the purpose of analyzing the effect of Reynolds number on the transport phenomena in the supersonic regime. Additionally, low/high order flow statistics are compared with DNS of an incompressible isothermal ZPG boundary layer at similar low Reynolds numbers and the temperature regarded as a passive scalar. Peaks of turbulence intensities move closer to the wall as the Reynolds number increases in the supersonic flat plate. Furthermore, Reynolds shear stresses depict a much larger "plateau" (constant shear layer) at the highest Reynolds number considered in present study.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1847241
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10137383
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum (AIAA 3247313) 6 - 10 January, Orlando, FL, 2020.
- Volume:
- AIAA 3247313
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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