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63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics

Volume 55, Number 16

Sunday–Tuesday, November 21–23, 2010;

Long Beach, California

Session CB: Turbulent Boundary Layers II

1:00 PM–3:10 PM,

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Long Beach Convention Center

Room: 101B

Chair: Hyung Jin Sung, KAIST

Abstract ID: BAPS.2010.DFD.CB.10

Abstract: CB.00010 : Dynamic Perturbation of a Turbulent Boundary Layer and Experimental Identification of Critical-Layer-Type Behavior*

2:57 PM–3:10 PM

Authors:

Ian Jacobi

Beverley J. McKeon

(California Institute of Technology)

A zero-pressure gradient turbulent boundary layer is perturbed by a

spatially impulsive patch of two-dimensional roughness elements,

which are actuated dynamically to alternate between smooth and

rough surface conditions, and the downstream response is measured

by hot-wire anemometry and particle image velocimetry. The dynamic

perturbation is observed to contribute a periodic signature to the

downstream flow-field, which manifests itself in critical-layer

type behavior. The downstream flow field is reconstructed in a

phase-locked sense in order to compare the observed behavior with

asymptotic representations of the expected behavior at matched flow

conditions. Perturbation using a periodic disturbance is shown to

reveal underlying features of the turbulent boundary layer which

are intimately connected to the critical layer framework for

turbulent pipe flow proposed by McKeon \& Sharma (\textit{see the

DFD-2010 presentation on `Structure from the critical layer

framework in turbulent flow' by Sharma \& McKeon}), while

simultaneously providing practical insight on the manipulation of

the structure of boundary layers.

*This research is sponsored by the AFOSR (program manager J. Schmisseur).

To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2010.DFD.CB.10