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Turbulence characteristics of a boundary layer over a swept bump

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

D. R. Webster ,
D. B. Degraaff  and
J. K. Eaton
D. R. Webster
Affiliation:
Thermosciences Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030, USA Present address: Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
D. B. Degraaff
Affiliation:
Thermosciences Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030, USA
J. K. Eaton
Affiliation:
Thermosciences Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030, USA
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Abstract

The evolution of the turbulent boundary layer over a bump defined by three tangential circular arcs and swept at 45° was examined. The flat-plate boundary layer approaching the swept bump had a momentum thickness Reynolds number of approximately 3800. The ratios of upstream boundary-layer thickness to bump height and convex radius of curvature were 1.5 and 0.06, respectively. The boundary layer was influenced by alternating signs of streamwise pressure gradient, wall curvature, and mean crossflow, which resulted in a complex boundary-layer flow that grew rapidly on the downstream side of the bump. The mean flow profiles deviated significantly from typical logarithmic layer behaviour, but the flow remained attached. The evolution of the Reynolds stress components was explained by the growth of two internal layers triggered by discontinuities in wall curvature near the leading and trailing edges of the bump. The shear stress vector was found to lag the velocity gradient vector, despite the spanwise flow changing direction above the bump. The measurements were compared to the previous results from a two-dimensional bump with the same profile shape and Reynolds number. Contrary to previous studies, the addition of mean crossflow to this complex flow field did not reduce the vertical mixing relative to the turbulent kinetic energy.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 323 , 25 September 1996 , pp. 1 - 22
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© 1996 Cambridge University Press

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