{"id":307,"date":"2023-02-03T09:34:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T09:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iisc.fairit.in\/?page_id=307"},"modified":"2023-11-23T06:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:24:23","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aero.iisc.ac.in\/TransitionTurbulence\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Page Title Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;90deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;#f4f4f4 50%|rgba(244,244,244,0) 80%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#f4f4f4&#8243; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;50%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;rgba(244,244,244,0)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;80%&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; 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Our two low-speed low-turbulence wind tunnels are continuously used for measurements in transitional boundary layers. We use experimental techniques such as hot-wire\/hot-film anemometry, particle image velocimetry, and unsteady pressure measurements. 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In this work we report wind-tunnel measurements on a flat-plate TBL perturbed by a LEBU placed at the edge of the logarithmic layer. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements show that the LEBU alters the wall-normal velocity gradient and Reynolds shear stress not only near its location but also close to the wall, thereby directly affecting the near-wall turbulence cycle; this is also seen from the hotwire measurements downstream of LEBU. An internal layer formed over the surface of the LEBU interacts with the oncoming eddies and introduces synthetic scales inside the TBL (typically three times the boundary-layer thickness) whose signature can be found in the perturbed boundary layer. Proper orthogonal decomposition is carried out on PIV frames to understand the dominant modes with and without the presence of LEBU. 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This helps us to get both time and frequency information of the turbulent activities inside the flow. In the wavelet transform contours we observe broadband high frequency activities that is a characteristic signature of a turbulent spot. This transform gives us a mathematical basis for formulating a scheme to quantify the stage of transition, the flow is in. This is done through an intermittency factor. 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The study of the canonical jet includes analyzing the flow from the perspective of vorticity fluxes and structures. Our findings suggest the presence of hairpins in the outer region of the jet as a structure that helps generate Reynolds stresses. In our analysis of the perturbed state of the canonical flow, we examined the off-source heated jet, which mimics cumulus clouds where a phase change causes latent heat release at an elevation from ground level. 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This information is essential to understand laminar to turbulent transition, particularly which flow parameters can suppress or promote the growth of disturbances. To this end, we use stability analysis complemented by numerical solutions to the governing equations of incompressible fluid flows.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||8px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;4px|||||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Nunito|700|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#383e59&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;22px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||16px|||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Energy Cascade in wall turbulence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#383e59&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;3px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;10%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;10%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;20%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Nunito||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||26px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;8px|||||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Our research is to study the turbulence energy cascade in wall-bounded flows in real space using a novel band-pass filter based multi-scale analysis and Lagrangian particle tracking on the turbulent flow field data generated using Direct Numerical Simulation. The multi-scale analysis enables us to calculate the inter-scale energy and enstrophy transfer, and the enstrophy generation due to stretching. In the first part, the muti-scale analysis would be used to study the scale-locality of energy cascade and its dependence on shear and Reynolds number. Further, the inhomogenity of energy cascade will also be studied and its causal influence, if any, on the small scale intermittency will be explored. The morphological features of the structures involved in the cascade will aslo be chatracterized using Minkowski functions. The use of Minkowski function in chatacterising the structures found in fluid flows is a novelty and we expect to find some interesting results. In the second part, we plan on using Largangian particle tracking to study the lagrangian aspets of turbulent energy cascade, as it is the fluid particles that carry mass, momentum and energy with them from one scale to the other and thus it is a more fundamental way of studying the turbulence cascade.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/aero.iisc.ac.in\/TransitionTurbulence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Picture1.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Picture1&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Nunito|700|||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;22px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Needle<\/strong><strong> probe for unsteady pressure measurements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Nunito||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" lang=\"EN-IN\" class=\"TextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\">Unsteady pressure fluctuations are common to turbulent flows.\u00a0The pressure fluctuations exert\u00a0unsteady loads on the surface\u00a0of\u00a0aerospace vehicles, induce structural\u00a0vibrations, and radiate acoustic noise into the vehicle cabin. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\">As these effects can harm the payload inside the vehicle, it is important to study the pressure fluctuations.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\"> However, measuring static pressure fluctuations within the turbulent flow is challenging and needs an unconventional probe design. We have developed a special Needle probe to measure time-resolved unsteady pressure fluctuations in turbulent flows. <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" lang=\"EN-IN\" class=\"TextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\">As shown in schematic, i<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\">t has a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\">sharp<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\"> nose followed by a tube that has 4 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\">circumferential <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247552569 BCX0\">pinholes of 0.3mm diameter. 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