CONTROL OF TURBULENT FLOWS USING LORENTZ FORCE ACTUATION
CONTROL OF TURBULENT FLOWS USING LORENTZ FORCE ACTUATION
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使用洛伦兹力驱动控制湍流
DOI:
10.1142/9789812700896_0011
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
K. Breuer
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作者:
K. Breuer
We discuss the use of electro-hydrodynamic “Lorentz force” actuators to affect the near-wall flow of a low Reynolds number of a fully turbulent channel flow. The actuators induce fluid motion due to the interaction between a magnetic field and a current density. The force generates spanwise velocity profiles with a penetration depth into the flow of a few millimeters and maximum velocities of approximately 4 cm/s. Although the actuators are effective in generating disturbances in the flow, their efficiency is poor, making their practical use in engineering systems doubtful. The actuators are used in a fully turbulent low Reynolds number channel flow and their effect on the structure of the turbulent flow is measured using both a direct measurement of turbulent drag and Particle Image Velocimetry. Drag is shown to be reduced by approximately 10% at an optimal condition. Similarly, PIV measurements of the mean and fluctuating velocity profiles indicate that certain amplitude and frequency combinations are effective in suppressing the turbulent fluctuations and Reynolds stresses. At these conditions, a locally-accelerated velocity profile is generated. Two-point velocity correlations indicate that the effect of forcing is to reduce the streamwise scale of the near-wall coherent structures and to sharply reduce the frequency of high-amplitude turbulence-producing “bursts”.