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- Title
Boundary-Layer Stress Instabilities in Neutral, Rotating Turbulent Flows.
- Authors
Ferrero, Enrico; Mortarini, Luca; Manfrin, Massimigliano; Longhetto, Arnaldo; Genovese, Rita; Forza, Renato
- Abstract
Boundary-layer instabilities are studied by analyzing the results of laboratory simulations of wall turbulence in a shear-driven rotating flow. The experiments were carried out in the Turin University Laboratory rotating water tank, where a circular flow was generated by either increasing (spin-up) or decreasing (spin-down) the rotation speed of the platform. The flow was measured using a Particle Image Velocimetry technique and the developed turbulence analyzed. Two cases were accounted for, in the former the measurements were performed over a smooth surface (bottom of the tank), while in the latter a rough-to-smooth transition was considered. The turbulent boundary layer developed inside the tank is analyzed by means of vertical profiles of mean and turbulent quantities and on the basis of drag coefficients. Then turbulent structures developed in the different cases are shown and discussed in terms of the vorticity fields. Finally, an analysis based on the concept of swirling strength was carried out to select among the vortex extremes those associated with a coherent structure.
- Subjects
ITALY; TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY layer (Aerodynamics); FLOW visualization; TURBULENT boundary layer; FLUID dynamics; DEMONSTRATION centers in education; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2009, Vol 130, Issue 3, p347
- ISSN
0006-8314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10546-009-9353-y