Direct Numerical Simulations of K-type transition in a flat-plate boundary layer with supercritical fluids

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Main Authors: Boldini, Pietro Carlo, Bugeat, Benjamin, Peeters, Jurriaan W. R., Kloker, Markus, Pecnik, Rene
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author Boldini, Pietro Carlo
Bugeat, Benjamin
Peeters, Jurriaan W. R.
Kloker, Markus
Pecnik, Rene
author_facet Boldini, Pietro Carlo
Bugeat, Benjamin
Peeters, Jurriaan W. R.
Kloker, Markus
Pecnik, Rene
contents We investigate the controlled K-type breakdown of a flat-plate boundary-layer with highly non-ideal supercritical fluid at a reduced pressure of $p_{r,\infty}=1.10$. Direct numerical simulations are performed at a Mach number of $M_\infty=0.2$ for one subcritical (liquid-like regime) temperature profile and one strongly-stratified transcritical (pseudo-boiling) temperature profile with slightly heated wall. In the subcritical case, the formation of aligned $Λ$-vortices is delayed compared to the reference ideal-gas case of Sayadi et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 724, 2013, pp. 480-509), with steady longitudinal modes dominating the late-transitional stage. When the wall temperature exceeds the pseudo-boiling temperature, streak secondary instabilities lead to the simultaneous development of additional hairpin vortices and near-wall streaky structures near the legs of the primary aligned $Λ$-vortices. Nonetheless, transition to turbulence is not violent and is significantly delayed compared to the subcritical regime.
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spellingShingle Direct Numerical Simulations of K-type transition in a flat-plate boundary layer with supercritical fluids
Boldini, Pietro Carlo
Bugeat, Benjamin
Peeters, Jurriaan W. R.
Kloker, Markus
Pecnik, Rene
Fluid Dynamics
We investigate the controlled K-type breakdown of a flat-plate boundary-layer with highly non-ideal supercritical fluid at a reduced pressure of $p_{r,\infty}=1.10$. Direct numerical simulations are performed at a Mach number of $M_\infty=0.2$ for one subcritical (liquid-like regime) temperature profile and one strongly-stratified transcritical (pseudo-boiling) temperature profile with slightly heated wall. In the subcritical case, the formation of aligned $Λ$-vortices is delayed compared to the reference ideal-gas case of Sayadi et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 724, 2013, pp. 480-509), with steady longitudinal modes dominating the late-transitional stage. When the wall temperature exceeds the pseudo-boiling temperature, streak secondary instabilities lead to the simultaneous development of additional hairpin vortices and near-wall streaky structures near the legs of the primary aligned $Λ$-vortices. Nonetheless, transition to turbulence is not violent and is significantly delayed compared to the subcritical regime.
title Direct Numerical Simulations of K-type transition in a flat-plate boundary layer with supercritical fluids
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14286