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Particle image velocimetry study of fractal-generated turbulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2012

R. Gomes-Fernandes ,
B. Ganapathisubramani  and
J. C. Vassilicos
R. Gomes-Fernandes*
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
B. Ganapathisubramani
Affiliation:
Aerodynamics & Flight Mechanics Research Group, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
J. C. Vassilicos
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
*
†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

An experimental investigation involving space-filling fractal square grids is presented. The flow is documented using particle image velocimetry (PIV) in a water tunnel as opposed to previous experiments which mostly used hot-wire anemometry in wind tunnels. The experimental facility has non-negligible incoming free-stream turbulence (with 2.8 % and 4.4 % in the streamwise () and spanwise () directions, respectively) which presents a challenge in terms of comparison with previous wind tunnel results. An attempt to characterize the effects of the incoming free stream turbulence on the grid-generated turbulent flow is made and an improved wake-interaction length scale is proposed which enables the comparison of the present results with previous ones for both fractal square and regular grids. This length scale also proves to be a good estimator of the turbulence intensity peak location. Furthermore, a new turbulence intensity normalization capable of collapsing for various grids in various facilities is proposed. Comparison with previous experiments indicates good agreement in turbulence intensities, Taylor microscale, as well as various other quantities, if the improved wake-interaction length scale is used. Global and local isotropy of fractal-generated turbulence is assessed using the velocity gradients of the two-component (2C) two-dimensional (2D) PIV and compared with regular grid results. Finally, the PIV data appear to confirm the new dissipation behaviour previously observed in hot-wire measurements.

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Turbulent Flows: Turbulence control Turbulent Flows: Turbulence theory Wakes/Jets: Wakes
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 711 , 25 November 2012 , pp. 306 - 336
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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