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Mechanism of drag reduction by a surface trip wire on a sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2011

KWANGMIN SON ,
JIN CHOI ,
WOO-PYUNG JEON  and
HAECHEON CHOI
KWANGMIN SON
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-744, Korea
JIN CHOI
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-744, Korea
WOO-PYUNG JEON
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-744, Korea
HAECHEON CHOI*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-744, Korea Institute of Advanced Machinery and Design, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-744, Korea
*
†Email address for correspondence: choi@snu.ac.kr
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Abstract

The effect of a surface trip wire on the flow around a sphere is experimentally investigated at subcritical Reynolds numbers of Re = 0.5 × 105 – 2.8 × 105 based on the free-stream velocity U∞ and sphere diameter d. By varying the streamwise location (20° – 70° from the stagnation point) and diameter (0.33 × 10−2 < k/d < 1.33 × 10−2) of a trip wire, we measure the drag, surface pressure distribution and boundary layer velocity profiles above the sphere surface, and conduct flow visualization. Depending on the size and streamwise location of the trip wire, three different flow characteristics are observed above the sphere surface. For low Reynolds numbers, the disturbance induced by the trip wire decays downstream and main separation occurs at a streamwise location similar to that of a smooth sphere. As the Reynolds number is increased, laminar separation is delayed farther downstream by the disturbance from the trip wire and the transition to turbulence occurs along the separated shear layer, resulting in the flow reattachment to the sphere surface and thus forming a secondary separation bubble on the sphere surface. Then, the main separation is delayed due to high momentum near the surface and the drag is significantly reduced. When the trip wire produces even larger disturbances through the separation and reattachment right at the trip-wire location for higher Reynolds numbers, the boundary layer flow becomes turbulent soon after the trip-wire location and the main separation is delayed, resulting in drag reduction.

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Flow Control: Drag reduction Wakes/Jets: Separated flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 672 , 10 April 2011 , pp. 411 - 427
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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