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The response of a turbulent boundary layer to a step change in surface roughness Part 1. Smooth to rough

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

R. A. Antonia  and
R. E. Luxton
R. A. Antonia
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney
R. E. Luxton
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney
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Abstract

The structure and growth of the internal boundary layer which forms downstream of a sudden change from a smooth to a rough surface under zero pressure gradient conditions has been studied experimentally. To keep pressure disturbances due to the roughness change small, the level of the rough surface was depressed, so that the crest of the roughness was aligned with the level of the smooth surface. It has been found that, in the region near the change, the structure of the internal layer is largely independent of that in the almost undisturbed outer layer, whilst both the zero time delay and the moving axis integral length scales in the internal layer are significantly reduced below those on the smooth wall. The growth-rate of the internal layer is similar to that of the zero pressure gradient boundary layer, whilst the level of turbulence inside the internal layer is high because of the large turbulent energy production near the rough wall. From the mixing length results, and an analysis of the turbulent energy equation, it is deduced that the internal layer flow near the wall is not in energy equilibrium, and hence the concept of inner layer similarity breaks down. From an initially self-preserving state on the smooth wall, the turbulent boundary layer approaches a second self-preserving state on the rough wall well downstream of the roughness step.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , 27 August 1971 , pp. 721 - 761
Copyright
© 1971 Cambridge University Press

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