The effect of incidence angle on the mean wake of surface-mounted finite-height square prisms

作者：Unnikrishnan S; Ogunremi A; Sumner D

来源：International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2017, 66: 137-156.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2017.05.012

• Bluff body
• Finite square prism
• Wake
• Vortex structures
• Incidence angle effects

The mean wake of a surface-mounted finite-height square prism was studied experimentally in a low speed wind tunnel to explore the combined effects of incidence angle (alpha) and aspect ratio (AR). Measurements of the mean wake velocity field were made with a seven-hole pressure probe for finite square prisms of AR=9, 7, 5 and 3, at a Reynolds number of Re = 3.7 x 10(4), for incidence angles from alpha=0 degrees to 45 degrees. The relative thickness of the boundary layer on the ground plane, compared to the prism width, was delta/D=1.5. As the incidence angle increases from alpha = 0 degrees to 15 degrees, the mean recirculation zone shortens and the mean wake shifts in the direction opposite to that of the mean lift force. The downwash is also deflected to this side of the wake and the mean streamwise vortex structures in the upper part of the wake become strongly asymmetric. The shortest mean recirculation zone, and the greatest asymmetry in the mean wake, is found at the critical incidence angle of alpha(critical) approximate to 15 degrees. As the incidence angle increases from alpha = 15 degrees to 45 degrees, the mean recirculation zone lengthens and the mean streamwise vortex structures regain their symmetry. These vortices also elongate in the wall-normal direction and become contiguous with the horseshoe vortex trailing arms. The mean wake of the prism of AR=3 has some differences, such as an absence of induced streamwise vorticity near the ground plane, which support its classification as lying below the critical aspect ratio for the present flow conditions.

• 出版日期2017-8