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Study of Shock Wave/Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction over a Forward-Facing Step

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Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research

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A detailed experimental study has been done to understand the shock wave-turbulent boundary layer interaction (SWTBLI) over a forward-facing step (FFS) of height (h) in a Mach 2.5 flow using particle-image velocimetry (PIV). In addition to PIV, high-speed schlieren and surface oil flow visualization have been studied. Flow separation using surface oil flow visualization was observed around 4.1 step heights upstream of the step face. High-speed schlieren measurements show that the shock oscillates with a peak frequency of approximately 1000 Hz, which is two orders smaller than the characteristic frequency of the incoming boundary layer. Instantaneous PIV velocity vector fields show that the shock location is related to the separation bubble formed ahead of the forward-facing step.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India

    Jayaprakash N. Murugan & Raghuraman N. Govardhan

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Arun K. Saha

  2. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Debopam Das

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Rajesh Srivastava

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    P. K. Panigrahi

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    K. Muralidhar

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Murugan, J.N., Govardhan, R.N. (2017). Study of Shock Wave/Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction over a Forward-Facing Step. In: Saha, A., Das, D., Srivastava, R., Panigrahi, P., Muralidhar, K. (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2743-4_7

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