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Streamwise-varying steady transpiration control in turbulent pipe flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

F. Gómez Open the ORCID record for F. Gómez [Opens in a new window] ,
H. M. Blackburn ,
M. Rudman ,
A. S. Sharma  and
B. J. McKeon
F. Gómez*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
H. M. Blackburn
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
M. Rudman
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
A. S. Sharma
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
B. J. McKeon
Affiliation:
Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: francisco.gomez-carrasco@monash.edu
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Abstract

The effect of streamwise-varying steady transpiration on turbulent pipe flow is examined using direct numerical simulation at fixed friction Reynolds number $\mathit{Re}_{{\it\tau}}=314$. The streamwise momentum equation reveals three physical mechanisms caused by transpiration acting in the flow: modification of Reynolds shear stress, steady streaming and generation of non-zero mean streamwise gradients. The influence of these mechanisms has been examined by means of a parameter sweep involving transpiration amplitude and wavelength. The observed trends have permitted identification of wall transpiration configurations able to reduce or increase the overall flow rate $-36.1\,\%$ and $19.3\,\%$, respectively. Energetics associated with these modifications are presented. A novel resolvent formulation has been developed to investigate the dynamics of pipe flows with a constant cross-section but with time-mean spatial periodicity induced by changes in boundary conditions. This formulation, based on a triple decomposition, paves the way for understanding turbulence in such flows using only the mean velocity profile. Resolvent analysis based on the time-mean flow and dynamic mode decomposition based on simulation data snapshots have both been used to obtain a description of the reorganization of the flow structures caused by the transpiration. We show that the pipe flows dynamics are dominated by a critical-layer mechanism and the waviness induced in the flow structures plays a role on the streamwise momentum balance by generating additional terms.

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Flow Control: Drag reduction Flow Control: Flow Control Turbulent Flows: Turbulent Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 796 , 10 June 2016 , pp. 588 - 616
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