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Viscous
D. R. Kirk
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EFFECTS OF VISCOUS FORCES ON FLOW REGIMES IN A CHANNEL
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FLAT PLATE ANALYSIS
• Fluid shears against the plate due to no-slip condition
• Causes a frictional drag force
• Velocity distribution, u(y) at any downstream position has smooth drop-off at wall
• To satisfy conservation of mass, streamlines deflected away from plate
– Deflection is relatively small so that pressure remains approximately constant
• Shear layer thickness is defined as u/U=0.99=99%
• Displacement thickness, *: amount that streamlines deflect outside of shear layer (Y-H)
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LAMINAR VERSUS TURBULENT FLOW
• Two types of viscous flows
– Laminar: streamlines are smooth and regular and a
fluid element moves smoothly along a streamline
– Turbulent: streamlines break up and fluid elements
move in a random, irregular, and chaotic fashion
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LAMINAR VERSUS TURBULENT FLOW
Turbulent velocity
profiles are ‘fuller’
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LAMINAR TO TURBULENT TRANSITION
1. Stable laminar flow near leading edge
2. Unstable 2D Tollmien-Schlichting waves
3. Development of 3D unstable waves and
‘hairpin’ eddies
4. Vortex breakdown at regions of high
localized shear
5. Cascading vortex breakdown into fully 3D
fluctuations
6. Formation of turbulent spots at locally intense
fluctuations
7. Coalescence of spots into fully turbulent flow
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EXAMPLE OF FLOW SEPARATION
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RELEVANCE OF FRICTION ON AN AIRFOIL
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EXAMPLE: AIRFOIL STALL
• Key to understanding: Friction causes flow separation within boundary layer
1. B.L. either laminar or turbulent
2. All laminar B.L. → turbulent B.L.
3. Turbulent B.L. ‘fuller’ than laminar B.L., more resistant to separation
• Separation creates another form of drag called pressure drag due to separation
– Dramatic loss of lift and increase in drag
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EXAMPLE: AIRFOIL STALL
Lift
Angle of Attack,
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COMPARISON OF DRAG FORCES
d
Same total drag as airfoil
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INCOMPRESSIBLE VS. COMPRESSIBLE DEFINITIONS
Incompressible Compressible
Y
u YE
1 dy u x
*
U 1
*
dy
0
0
EU E
Y
u u YE
1 dy
U U
u x
0 EU E
u
1 x dy
0
UE
Y
u u2 YE
u x
1 2 dy u x2
*
U
*
1 2 dy
0 U 0
EU E UE
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ALTERNATE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF *, , and *
• The inviscid flow above the boundary layer in the picture on the left would reach
to the position * if it were continued toward the wall until the same flow rate was
achieved
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ALTERNATE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF *, , and *
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ALTERNATE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF *, , and *
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ALTERNATE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF *, , and *
• Measures defect between flux of kinetic energy (mechanical power) in the actual
flow and a uniform flow with UE and E the same as outside the boundary layer
• Defect can be regarded as being produced by extraction of kinetic energy
• Power extracted is linked to device losses, and kinetic energy thickness is a key
quantity in characterizing losses is internal flow devices
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EXAMPLE: 2D STRAIGHT DIFFUSERS
• Function of diffuser is to
change a major fraction of
flow KE into static pressure
and to decrease velocity
magnitude
• AR = W2/W1
• Non-dimensional length is
N/W1
• Diffuser opening angle is
tan()=(AR-1)(2N/W1)
• For ideal flow, Cp,i=1-1/AR2
• Compare prior to AA and after
AA, significant deviation from
predicted flow behavior
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EXAMPLE: DIFFUSERS
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