Influence of freestream turbulence on the flow over a wall roughness

MA Bucci, S Cherubini, JC Loiseau, JC Robinet - Physical Review Fluids, 2021 - APS
The effect of freestream turbulence on the dynamics of an incompressible flow past a
cylindrical roughness element in subcritical conditions (ie, for Reynolds numbers below the …

Influence of turbulent inlet boundary condition on large eddy simulation over a flat plate boundary layer

Y Wang, G Vita, B Fraga, C Lyu, J Wang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
There are different methods for setting the inlet boundary condition (IBC) in large eddy
simulation (LES). However, different methods applied in the same simulation result in …

Stability analysis of boundary layers controlled by miniature vortex generators

L Siconolfi, S Camarri, JHM Fransson - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
It is currently known that Tollmien–Schlichting (TS) waves can be attenuated by the
introduction of spanwise mean velocity gradients in an otherwise two-dimensional boundary …

Stabilization of the hypersonic boundary layer by finite-amplitude streaks

J Ren, S Fu, A Hanifi - Physics of Fluids, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Stabilization of two-dimensional disturbances in hypersonic boundary layer flows by finite-
amplitude streaks is investigated using nonlinear parabolized stability equations. The …

Investigation of the influence of miniature vortex generators on the large-scale motions of a turbulent boundary layer

CI Chan, RC Chin - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Well resolved large-eddy simulation data are used to study the physical modulation effects
of miniature vortex generators (MVGs) in a moderate Reynolds number zero pressure …

Flow behavior and heat transfer in a rectangular channel with miniature riblets

J Wang, J Ge, Y Fan, Y Fu, X Liu - International Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the flow behavior in a rectangular channel with miniature riblets (MRs) is
numerically investigated. Specially, the MRs are arranged at the bottom of the channel along …

Heat transfer and flow characteristics in a rectangular channel with small scale vortex generators

W Jiansheng, J Yu, L Xueling - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2019 - Elsevier
This article puts forward a novel idea which can be used to control the turbulent coherent
structures and make the turbulence more steady by using a “wake blocking wall”. The “wake …

Consecutive turbulence transition delay with reinforced passive control

SS Sattarzadeh, JHM Fransson, A Talamelli… - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
Miniature vortex generators (MVGs) are able to delay the transition to turbulence in a flat
plate boundary layer if properly designed. Unfortunately, the natural recovery of the …

Passive boundary layer control of oblique disturbances by finite-amplitude streaks

S Shahinfar, SS Sattarzadeh… - Journal of fluid …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Recent experimental results on the attenuation of two-dimensional Tollmien–Schlichting
wave (TSW) disturbances by means of passive miniature vortex generators (MVGs) have …

Boundary layer stabilization using free-stream vortices

L Siconolfi, S Camarri, JHM Fransson - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
In this numerical investigation we explore the possibility of applying free-stream vortices as a
passive flow control method for delaying the transition to turbulence. The work is motivated …