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Statistical structure of the fluctuating wall pressure and its in-plane gradients at high Reynolds number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

J. C. KLEWICKI ,
P. J. A. PRIYADARSHANA  and
M. M. METZGER
J. C. KLEWICKI
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
P. J. A. PRIYADARSHANA
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
M. M. METZGER
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Abstract

The fluctuating wall pressure and its gradients in the plane of the surface were measured beneath the turbulent boundary layer that forms over the salt playa of Utah's west desert. Measurements were acquired under the condition of near-neutral thermal stability to best mimic the canonical zero-pressure-gradient boundary-layer flow. The Reynolds number (based on surface-layer thickness, δ, and the friction velocity, uτ) was estimated to be 1 × 106 ± 2 × 105. The equivalent sandgrain surface roughness was estimated to be in the range 15≤ks+≤85. Pressure measurements acquired simultaneously from an array of up to ten microphones were analysed. A compact array of four microphones was used to estimate the instantaneous streamwise and spanwise gradients of the surface pressure. Owing to the large length scales and low flow speeds, attaining accurate pressure statistics in the present flow required sensors capable of measuring unusually low frequencies. The effects of imperfect spatial and temporal resolution on the present measurements were also explored. Relative to pressure, pressure gradients exhibit an enhanced sensitivity to spatial resolution. Their accurate measurement does not, however, require fully capturing the low frequencies that are inherent and significant in the pressure itself. The present pressure spectra convincingly exhibit over three decades of approximately −1 slope. Comparisons with low-Reynolds-number data support previous predictions that the inner normalized wall pressure variance increases logarithmically with Reynolds number. The wall pressure autocorrelation exhibits its first zero-crossing at an advected length that is between one tenth and one fifth of the surface-layer thickness. Under any of the normalizations investigated, the present surface vorticity flux intensity values are difficult to reconcile with low-Reynolds-number data trends. Inner variables, however, do yield normalized flux intensity values that are of the same order of magnitude at low and high Reynolds number. Spectra reveal that even at high Reynolds number, the primary contributions to the pressure gradient intensities occur over a relatively narrow frequency range. This frequency range is shown to be consistent with the scale of the sublayer pocket motions. In accord with low-Reynolds-number data, the streamwise pressure gradient signals at high Reynolds number are also characterized by statistically significant pairings of opposing sign fluctuations.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 609 , 25 August 2008 , pp. 195 - 220
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