Wavepackets in turbulent flow over a NACA 4412 airfoil

Abreu LI, Cavalieri AV, Schlatter P, Vinuesa R, Henningson D (2018)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2018

Publisher: International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

Conference Proceedings Title: 31st Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2018

Event location: Belo Horizonte, BRA

ISBN: 9783932182884

Abstract

Turbulent flow over a NACA 4412 airfoil with an angle of attack AoA = 5 ◦ was analysed using an incompressible direct numerical simulation (DNS) at chord Reynolds number of Re c = 4 · 10 5 . Snapshots of the flow field were analysed using the method of Spectral Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (SPOD) in frequency domain, in order to extract the dominant coherent structures of the flow. Focus is given to two-dimensional disturbances, known to be most relevant for aeroacoustics. The leading SPOD modes show coherent structures forming a wavepacket, with significant amplitudes in the trailing-edge boundary layer and in the wake. To model coherent structures in the turbulent boundary layer, the optimal harmonic forcing and the associated linear response of the flow were obtained using the singular value decomposition of the linear resolvent operator. The resolvent analysis shows that the leading SPOD modes can be associated to most amplified, linearised flow responses. Furthermore, coherent structures in the wake are modelled as the Kelvin-Helmholtz mode from linear stability theory (LST).

Authors with CRIS profile

Philipp Schlatter

Involved external institutions

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica BR Brazil (BR) Royal Institute of Technology / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) SE Sweden (SE)

How to cite

APA:

Abreu, L.I., Cavalieri, A.V., Schlatter, P., Vinuesa, R., & Henningson, D. (2018). Wavepackets in turbulent flow over a NACA 4412 airfoil. In 31st Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2018. Belo Horizonte, BRA: International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences.

MLA:

Abreu, Leandra I., et al. "Wavepackets in turbulent flow over a NACA 4412 airfoil." Proceedings of the 31st Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2018, Belo Horizonte, BRA International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 2018.

BibTeX: Download