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Direct and Large-Eddy Simulations of Transition of a Supersonic Boundary Layer

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Turbulent Shear Flows 9

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The forced transition of a temporal boundary layer over an adiabatic flat plate is simulated by means of direct and large-eddy simulations, for an external Mach number of 4.5 and an initial Reynolds number of 10 000. The basic state is composed of a laminar flow, 2D perturbations mostly composed of Mack’s second mode, plus 3D white noise. In both simulations, a first transient is observed: Kelvin-Helmholtz-like vortices develop at the height of the generalized inflection point. Due to oblique subharmonic modes, they start three-dimensionalizing as in mixing layers at high convective Mach numbers. Then, the turbulent activity abruptly shifts towards the wall, in the forms of streaks mostly. Immediately after, the LES shows these streaks breaking down into turbulence at smaller scale, with coherent hairpin vortices (DNS are no longer possible). The flow then presents strong analogies with turbulent incompressible boundary layers.

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  1. Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysique et Industriels, Institut de Mécanique de Grenoble, CNRS - INPG - UJF, B.P. 53X, F38041, Grenoble-Cedex, France

    Frédéric Ducros, Pierre Comte & Marcel Lesieur

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Strömungsmechanik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Cauerstraße, 4, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany

    Franz Durst

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, 113, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Nobuhide Kasagi

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, M60 1QD, Manchester, UK

    Brian E. Launder

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA

    Frank W. Schmidt

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University, 606-01, Kyoto, Japan

    Kenjiro Suzuki

  6. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, SW7 2BX, London, UK

    James H. Whitelaw

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Ducros, F., Comte, P., Lesieur, M. (1995). Direct and Large-Eddy Simulations of Transition of a Supersonic Boundary Layer. In: Durst, F., Kasagi, N., Launder, B.E., Schmidt, F.W., Suzuki, K., Whitelaw, J.H. (eds) Turbulent Shear Flows 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78823-9_18

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