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Observations of turbulent secondary flows in a rough-wall boundary layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2014

Julio M. Barros  and
Kenneth T. Christensen
Julio M. Barros
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Kenneth T. Christensen*
Affiliation:
Departments of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The characteristics of a turbulent boundary layer overlying a complex roughness topography were explored with stereo particle-image velocimetry measurements in the wall-normal–spanwise $(y\mbox{--}z)$ plane. The roughness under consideration was replicated from a turbine blade damaged by deposition of foreign materials containing a broad range of topographical scales arranged in a highly irregular manner. The single-point turbulence statistics displayed strong spanwise heterogeneity, in particular spanwise-alternating low- and high-momentum flow pathways in the mean flow marked by enhanced Reynolds stresses and turbulent kinetic energy. The spanwise regions between high- and low-momentum flow pathways were occupied by swirling motions, suggesting the generation and sustainment of turbulent secondary flows due to the spanwise heterogeneity of the complex roughness under consideration. Similar observations were recently reported for more ordered spanwise roughness transitions by Nugroho, Hutchins & Monty (Intl J. Heat Fluid Flow vol. 41, 2013, pp. 90–102) and Willingham et al. (Phys. Fluids vol. 26, 2014, 025111).

JFM classification

Turbulent Flows: Turbulent boundary layers Turbulent Flows: Turbulent Flows
Type
Rapids
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 748 , 10 June 2014 , R1
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© 2014 Cambridge University Press 

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