Influence of wall shape on vortex formation in modulated channel flow
Influence of wall shape on vortex formation in modulated channel flow
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DOI:
10.1063/1.1603747
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发表时间:
2003-09
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
H. Zhou;R. Martinuzzi;R. Khayat;A. Straatman;Ehab Abu-Ramadan
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作者:
H. Zhou;R. Martinuzzi;R. Khayat;A. Straatman;Ehab Abu-Ramadan
The flow inside channels with periodic, wavy walls of arbitrary shape is considered numerically. Solutions are obtained using either a perturbation approach, for weak modulation amplitude, or a finite volume technique, for strong amplitude. The flow is examined for sinusoidal, arched and triangular modulation over a wide range of amplitude, wavelength and Reynolds number in the steady laminar regime. For weak wall modulation (e<0.3, α<2, where e and α are the dimensionless half-wave height and wavelength, respectively), it is found that the flow behavior along the modulated wall is of the boundary-layer type. As such, the critical Reynolds number, Rec, for separation for each modulation shape can be expressed as an explicit function of e and α, while the location of separation and pressure distribution along the modulated wall scale with e, α, and Rec. For strong modulations, the boundary layer model is no longer satisfactory to predict the flow behavior and deviations from the trends found for weaker mod...