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Experimental investigation of supersonic boundary-layer tripping with a spanwise pulsed spark discharge array

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2021

M.X. Tang Open the ORCID record for M.X. Tang [Opens in a new window] ,
Y. Wu Open the ORCID record for Y. Wu [Opens in a new window] ,
H.H. Zong Open the ORCID record for H.H. Zong [Opens in a new window] ,
Y.H. Luo ,
H.S. Yang  and
S.G. Guo
M.X. Tang
Affiliation:
Science and Technology on Plasma Dynamic Laboratory, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, PR China
Y. Wu*
Affiliation:
Science and Technology on Plasma Dynamic Laboratory, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, PR China Institute of Aero-engine, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
H.H. Zong
Affiliation:
Institute of Aero-engine, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
Y.H. Luo
Affiliation:
Science and Technology on Plasma Dynamic Laboratory, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, PR China
H.S. Yang
Affiliation:
Science and Technology on Plasma Dynamic Laboratory, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, PR China
S.G. Guo
Affiliation:
Science and Technology on Plasma Dynamic Laboratory, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, PR China
*
†Email addresses for correspondence: wuyun1223@126.com; wuyun710038@163.com
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Abstract

In this paper, a pulsed spark discharge plasma actuator array is deployed to control laminar–turbulent transition in a Mach 3.0 flat-plate boundary layer, and the subtle flow structures are visualized by nanoparticle planar laser scattering (NPLS) technique. Results show that the onset location of turbulence can be brought upstream by plasma actuation, corresponding to forced boundary-layer transition. Hairpin vortex packets evolved from the thermal bulbs play a vital role in the breakdown of laminar flow. With the help of a machine learning tool, all the relevant structures induced by plasma actuation are extracted from NPLS images, and a conceptual model of the hairpin vortex generation is proposed, including three stages: production and lift-up of the high-vorticity region, formation of the $\varLambda$ vortex and evolution of the hairpin vortex.

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Boundary Layers: Boundary layer control Compressible Flows: Supersonic flow Instability: Transition to turbulence

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 931 , 25 January 2022 , A16
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