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Measurements of turbulent crossflow separation created by a curved body of revolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2007

P. A. GREGORY
Affiliation:
Maritime Platforms Division, DSTO, Fishermans Bend, Victoria, 3067, Australia
P. N. JOUBERT
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
M. S. CHONG
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia

Abstract

Using the method pioneered by Gurzhienko (1934), the crossflow separation produced by a body of revolution in a steady turn is examined using a stationary deformed body placed in a wind tunnel. The body of revolution was deformed about a radius equal to three times the body's length. Surface pressure and skin-friction measurements revealed regions of separated flow occurring over the rear of the model. Extensive surface flow visualization showed the presence of separated flow bounded by a separation and reattachment line. This region of separated flow began just beyond the midpoint of the length of the body, which was consistent with the skin-friction data. Extensive turbulence measurements were performed at four cross-sections through the wake including two stations located beyond the length of the model. These measurements revealed the location of the off-body vortex, the levels of turbulent kinetic energy within the shear layer producing the off-body vorticity and the large values of 〈uw〉 stress within the wake. Velocity spectra measurements taken at several points in the wake show evidence of the inertial sublayer. Finally, surface flow topologies and outer-flow topologies are suggested based on the results of the surface flow visualization.

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