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Turbulent mixed-boundary flow in a corner formed by a solid wall and a free surface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

L. M. Grega ,
T. Wei ,
R. I. Leighton  and
J. C. Neves
L. M. Grega
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855-0909, USA
T. Wei
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855-0909, USA
R. I. Leighton
Affiliation:
Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
J. C. Neves
Affiliation:
Center for Computational Sciences and Informantics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 03824, USA
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Abstract

Results from a joint numerical/experimental study of turbulent flow along a corner formed by a vertical wall and a horizontal free surface are presented. The objective of the investigation was to understand transport mechanisms in the corner. Numerical simulations were conducted at NRL to obtain data describing the dynamics of the near corner region. The Reynolds number for the simulations was Reθ ≈ 220. Flow visualization experiments conducted in the Rutgers free surface water tunnel were used to initially identify coherent structures and to determine the effect of these structures on the free surface. Time-resolved streamwise LDA measurements were made for Reθ ≈ 1150. The most significant results were the identification of inner and outer secondary flow regions in the corner. The inner secondary motion is characterized by a weak slowly evolving vortex with negative streamwise vorticity. The outer secondary motion is characterized by an upflow along the wall and outflow away from the wall at the free surface. Additional salient results included observations of surfactant transport away from the surface in cores of vortices connected to the free surface, intermittent energetic transport of fluid to the surface, and attenuation of streak motion by the free surface.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 294 , 10 July 1995 , pp. 17 - 46
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© 1995 Cambridge University Press

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