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Physics of unsteady blunt-fin-induced shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Leon Brusniak  and
David S. Dolling
Leon Brusniak
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1085, USA
David S. Dolling
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1085, USA
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Abstract

Fluctuating wall-pressure measurements have been made on the centreline upstream of a blunt fin in a Mach 5 turbulent boundary layer. By examining the ensemble-averaged wall-pressure distributions for different separation shock foot positions, it has been shown that local fluctuating wall-pressure measurements are due to a distinct pressure distribution, [weierp]i, which undergoes a stretching and flattening effect as its upstream boundary translates aperiodically between the upstream-influence and separation lines. The locations of the maxima and minima in the wall-pressure standard deviation can be accurately predicted using this distribution, providing quantitative confirmation of the model. This model also explains the observed cross-correlations and ensemble-average measurements within the interaction. Using the [weierp]i model, wall-pressure signals from under the separated flow region were used to reproduce the position–time history of the separation shock foot. The unsteady behaviour of the primary horseshoe vortex and its relation to the unsteady separation shock is also described. The practical implications are that it may be possible to predict some of the unsteady aspects of the flowfield using mean wall-pressure distributions obtained from either computations or experiments; also, to minimize the fluctuating loads caused by the unsteadiness, flow control methods should focus on reducing the magnitude of the [weierp]i gradient (∂[weierp]i/∂x).

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 273 , 25 August 1994 , pp. 375 - 409
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© 1994 Cambridge University Press

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