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Direct numerical simulation of high-speed transition due to roughness elements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2019

Prakash Shrestha Open the ORCID record for Prakash Shrestha [Opens in a new window]  and
Graham V. Candler
Prakash Shrestha*
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 110 Union Street SE, MN 55455, USA
Graham V. Candler
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 110 Union Street SE, MN 55455, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: shres048@umn.edu
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Abstract

We study and compare instability mechanisms of a Mach 5.65 laminar boundary layer tripped by an isolated diamond-shaped trip and by an array of diamond-shaped trips using direct numerical simulations. A low-Reynolds-number experiment, consisting of the trip array (Semper & Bowersox, AIAA J., vol. 55 (3), 2017, pp. 808–817), is used to validate our simulations. Three dynamically prominent flow structures are observed in both trip configurations. These flow structures are the upstream vortex system, the shock system, and the downstream shear layers/counter-rotating streamwise vortices that originate from the top and sides of the trips. Analysis of the power spectral density of pressure reveals the source of instability to be an interaction between the shear layers and the counter-rotating streamwise vortices downstream of both trip configurations. The interaction leads to the formation of hairpin-like structures that eventually break down to turbulent flow. This finding contrasts with that of an isolated cylindrical trip (Subbareddy et al., J. Fluid Mech., vol. 748, 2014, pp. 848–878) where the upstream vortex system is found to be the source of instability. Therefore, the shape of a trip plays an important role in the instability mechanism. Furthermore, dynamic mode decomposition (Rowley et al., J. Fluid Mech., vol. 641, 2009, pp. 115–127; Schmid, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 656, 2010, pp. 5–28) of three-dimensional snapshots of pressure fluctuations unveil globally dominant modes consistent with the power spectral density analysis in both diamond-shaped trip configurations.

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Boundary Layers: Boundary layer stability Compressible Flows: Compressible boundary layers Aerodynamics: High-speed flow

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 868 , 10 June 2019 , pp. 762 - 788
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© 2019 Cambridge University Press 

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