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The structure of a separating turbulent boundary layer. Part 3. Transverse velocity measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

K. Shiloh ,
B. G. Shivaprasad  and
R. L. Simpson
K. Shiloh
Affiliation:
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275 Permanent address: Israel Atomic Energy Commission, Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, Israel 70600.
B. G. Shivaprasad
Affiliation:
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275
R. L. Simpson
Affiliation:
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275
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Abstract

Simpson, Chew & Shivaprasad (1981a, b) describe many experimentally determined features of a separating turbulent boundary layer. For the same flow, experimental results for the transverse velocity component are presented here. A specially designed directionally sensitive laser anemometer was constructed and used to make measurements in the separated region. Cross-wire hot-wire anemometer measurements were obtained upstream of separation and in the outer region of the separated flow and are in good agreement with the laser anemometer results.

It was found that w’2 = v’2 in the outer 90% of the shear layer both upstream and downstream of separation. Features of w’2 profiles in the backflow are related to features of the streamwise velocity component. This behaviour is consistent with the large-scale-structures flow model of a separating boundary layer presented by Simpson et al. (1981a, b).

Large-scale structures supply the mean streamwise backflow. These large-scale structures also transport the turbulence energy to the backflow from the outer flow by turbulent diffusion since advection and production of turbulence kinetic energy are negligible there compared with the dissipation rate. Because of continuity requirements fluid motions toward the wall must be deflected and contribute to streamwise and transverse motions near the wall.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 113 , December 1981 , pp. 75 - 90
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© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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