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Developments and evolutions of three-dimensional perturbations in transitional boundary layer

  • Hui Guo*
  • , Qixiang Lian
  • , Yury S. Kachanov
  • , Vladimir I. Borodulin
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University
  • Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

Formations and developments of typical 3-D perturbations were observed by means of hydrogen-bubble method in a transitional flat-plate boundary-layer excited by a modulated 2-D artificial perturbation. Visual results show the relationships between a hairpin vortex and a spike structure, which convince the forming mechanisms of spike structures. Dark spots, often detected in turbulent boundary layer, are also observed during flow breakdown, and results show that the instability of local high-shear layer caused by dark spots is probably responsible for flow breakdown.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)501-504
Number of pages4
JournalBeijing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Volume29
Issue number6
StatePublished - Jun 2003

Keywords

  • Artificial excitation
  • Boundary layer transition
  • Flow characteristics
  • Flow visualization

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