Features of laminar separation bubble subjected to varying adverse pressure gradients

This article describes the spatial development of a laminar separation bubble (LSB), its transition, and eventual breakdown under the influence of adverse pressure gradients (APGs) similar to those experienced by low-pressure turbine blades. The investigation combines a comprehensive experimental ap...

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description This article describes the spatial development of a laminar separation bubble (LSB), its transition, and eventual breakdown under the influence of adverse pressure gradients (APGs) similar to those experienced by low-pressure turbine blades. The investigation combines a comprehensive experimental approach with a well-resolved large eddy simulation (LES). The streamwise pressure gradients were varied by manipulating the upper wall within the test section. The Reynolds number (Re), based on the plate length and inlet velocity, was 0.2 × 106 with a freestream turbulence intensity of 1.02%. The particle image velocimetry (PIV) and hotwire data were used to illustrate the vortex dynamics, growth of perturbations, and intermittency. The onset and end of transition progressively shift upstream, resulting in a reduction of the laminar shear layer length and bubble length with increasing APG. Interestingly, the flow features exhibit self-similarity in velocity profiles and the growth rate of velocity fluctuations when normalized against the bubble length. The formation of two-dimensional Kelvin–Helmholtz (K–H) rolls is apparent in the beginning, resulting in the selective amplification of frequency and exponential growth of fluctuations. Linear stability theory explains the most amplified frequency and phase speed of convective vortices, apart from the growth of disturbances. Analysis of LES data reveals intricate inviscid–viscous interactions that trigger shear layer breakdown. In brief, evolving perturbations within the braid region of vortices in the latter half interact with the advecting K–H rolls, culminating in the breakdown and the onset of turbulent flow downstream.
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Breakdown
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Large eddy simulation
Low pressure
Particle image velocimetry
Perturbation
Phase velocity
Physics
Pressure gradients
Reynolds number
Rolls
Self-similarity
Separation
Shear layers
Turbine blades
Turbulence intensity
Velocity distribution
Vortices
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