Skin friction drag reduction over staggered three dimensional cavities
Gowree, E. R., Jagadeesh, C. & Atkin, C.J. (2019). Skin friction drag reduction over staggered three dimensional cavities. Aerospace Science and Technology, 84, pp. 520-529. doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2018.11.001
Abstract
The effect of three-dimensional staggered circular cavities on a zero-pressure gradient incompressible turbulent boundary layer was studied. Two key parameters were varied, being the ratio of the diameter, d, to the depth, h, of the cavity, d/h and the Reynolds number based on the diameter of the cavity, Rd. Velocity profile measurements showed that for the cases of d/h>1 an increase in skin friction drag was experienced with respect to a smooth surface, but for d/h≤1 the drag increment was almost negligible and in some cases it was lower than that of a smooth surface by up to 10%. Measurements along the spanwise plane showed the presence of organised transverse velocity components which bear some resemblance with the flow over riblets. The skin friction drag appears to be a strong function of Rd, where for Rd>5500 a drag increment is experienced which could potentially be due to shear layer breakdown and more production of turbulence.
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Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
Departments: | School of Science & Technology > Engineering |
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