A theoretical decomposition of mean skin friction generation into physical phenomena across the boundary layer

N Renard, S Deck - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
A theoretical decomposition of mean skin friction generation into physical phenomena
across the whole profile of the incompressible zero-pressure-gradient smooth-flat-plate …

About the influences of compressibility, heat transfer and pressure gradients in compressible turbulent boundary layers

C Wenzel, T Gibis, M Kloker - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the momentum and energy transfer in
compressible turbulent boundary layers based on integral identities. By considering data …

Decomposition of the mean skin-friction drag in compressible turbulent channel flows

W Li, Y Fan, D Modesti, C Cheng - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
The mean skin-friction drag in a wall-bounded turbulent flow can be decomposed into
different physics-informed contributions based on the mean and statistical turbulence …

Wall shear stress and wall heat flux in a supersonic turbulent boundary layer

F Tong, S Dong, J Lai, X Yuan, X Li - physics of fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We report the characteristics of wall shear stress (WSS) and wall heat flux (WHF) from direct
numerical simulation (DNS) of a spatially developing zero-pressure-gradient supersonic …

Dispersive stresses in turbulent flow over riblets

D Modesti, S Endrikat, N Hutchins… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
We carry out direct numerical simulations of turbulent flow over riblets, streamwise-aligned
grooves that are designed to reduce drag by modifying the near-wall flow. Twenty riblet …

Skin-friction and heat-transfer decompositions in hypersonic transitional and turbulent boundary layers

D Xu, J Wang, S Chen - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
The decompositions of the skin-friction and heat-transfer coefficients based on the twofold
repeated integration in hypersonic transitional and turbulent boundary layers are analysed …

Friction factor decomposition for rough-wall flows: theoretical background and application to open-channel flows

VI Nikora, T Stoesser, SM Cameron… - Journal of Fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
A theoretically based relationship for the Darcy–Weisbach friction factor for rough-bed open-
channel flows is derived and discussed. The derivation procedure is based on the double …

Riblet performance beneath transitional and turbulent boundary layers at low Reynolds numbers

S Malathi Ananth, M Nardini, A Vaid, M Kozul… - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Several high-resolution scale-resolving simulations are carried out to examine the effect of
riblets on the mean and turbulent statistics of a zero-pressure-gradient boundary layer. The …

Contributions of different scales of turbulent motions to the mean wall-shear stress in open channel flows at low-to-moderate Reynolds numbers

Y Duan, Q Zhong, G Wang, P Zhang… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Smooth-walled open channel flow datasets, covering both the direct numerical simulation
and experimental measurements with a friction Reynolds number wavelength ranges are …

Decomposition of the mean friction drag in zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers

Y Fan, W Li, S Pirozzoli - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The ability to understand and predict mean friction drag generation in wall-bounded
turbulence is highly desirable in many engineering applications. In this paper, we …