The dynamic response of a zero-pressure gradient turbulent boundary layer (TBL) to an active flow control actuator was experimentally investigated. The experimental TBL had a sufficiently low momentum thickness Reynolds number, such that there were no energetic organized large-scale structures in the outer region, as evidenced from measurements of the premultiplied wavenumber–frequency spectra. The periodically pulsed plasma actuator, placed inside the outer region of TBL, introduced a synthetic large-scale structure, and the boundary-layer response to this synthetic structure downstream of the actuator at select wall-normal and streamwise locations was investigated. The turbulence amplitude modulating effect of the synthetic large-scale structure, within the inner and log-linear regions of the boundary layer, was isolated and analyzed using a phase-locked analysis. The dynamic interaction of the synthetic large-scale structure and smaller-scale turbulent motions was quantified using a modulation coefficient, and a strong positive correlation within the inner and log regions of the boundary layer was measured. The streamwise development of the synthetic large-scale structure and its modulating effect on the near-wall turbulence across several streamwise locations are described. Profiles of the phase speed at these streamwise locations were extracted and were found to be constant within the log region, further confirming a strong coupling between the near-wall fluctuations in turbulence intensity and the synthetic large-scale motions introduced in the outer region. Overall, the turbulence amplitude modulation effect induced by the synthetic large-scale structure was found to be dynamically similar to the large-scale modulation measured in canonical TBLs at higher Reynolds numbers.


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    Title :

    Response of a Turbulent Boundary Layer to an Imposed Synthetic Large-Scale Structure


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    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 62 , 2 ; 573-589


    Publication date :

    2023-12-20


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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