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Turbulent spot flow topology and mechanisms for surface heat transfer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

D. R. SABATINO  and
C. R. SMITH
D. R. SABATINO
Affiliation:
United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT 06108, USA
C. R. SMITH
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
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Abstract

The properties of artificially initiated turbulent spots over a heated plate were investigated in a water channel. The instantaneous velocity field and surface Stanton number were simultaneously established using a technique that combines particle image velocimetry and thermochromic liquid crystal thermography. Several characteristics of a spot are found to be similar to those of a turbulent boundary layer. The spacing of the surface heat transfer streak patterns within the middle or ‘body’ of a turbulent spot are comparable to the low-speed streak spacing within a turbulent boundary layer. Additionally, the surface shear stress in the same region of a spot is also found to be comparable to a turbulent boundary layer. However, despite these similarities, the heat transfer within the spot body is found to be markedly less than the heat transfer for a turbulent boundary layer. In fact, the highest surface heat transfer occurs at the trailing or calmed region of a turbulent spot, regardless of maturity. Using a modified set of similarity coordinates, instantaneous two-dimensional streamlines suggest that turbulent spots entrain and subsequently recirculate warm surface fluid, thereby reducing the effective heat transfer within the majority of the spot. It is proposed that energetic vortices next to the wall, near the trailing edge of the spot body, are able to generate the highest surface heat transfer because they have the nearest access to cooler free-stream fluid.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 612 , 10 October 2008 , pp. 81 - 105
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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