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Weakly nonlinear modelling of a forced turbulent axisymmetric wake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2017

Georgios Rigas
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Aimee S. Morgans
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Jonathan F. Morrison
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK

Abstract

A theory is presented where the weakly nonlinear analysis of laminar globally unstable flows in the presence of external forcing is extended to the turbulent regime. The analysis is demonstrated and validated using experimental results of an axisymmetric bluff-body wake at high Reynolds numbers, $Re_{D}\sim 1.88\times 10^{5}$ , where forcing is applied using a zero-net-mass-flux actuator located at the base of the blunt body. In this study we focus on the response of antisymmetric coherent structures with azimuthal wavenumbers $m=\pm 1$ at a frequency $St_{D}=0.2$ , responsible for global vortex shedding. We found experimentally that axisymmetric forcing ( $m=0$ ) couples nonlinearly with the global shedding mode when the flow is forced at twice the shedding frequency, resulting in parametric subharmonic resonance through a triadic interaction between forcing and shedding. We derive simple weakly nonlinear models from the phase-averaged Navier–Stokes equations and show that they capture accurately the observed behaviour for this type of forcing. The unknown model coefficients are obtained experimentally by producing harmonic transients. This approach should be applicable in a variety of turbulent flows to describe the response of global modes to forcing.

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Figure 1. Schematic of axisymmetric bluff body: (a) side view; (b) rear view.

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Figure 2. Premultiplied spectra of the unforced base-pressure fluctuations obtained from the eight pressure transducers located at $r=0.3D$, decomposed in azimuthal modes.

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Figure 3. The response of the amplitude (a) and frequency (b) of the $m=\pm 1$ global vortex shedding mode to axisymmetric forcing with $m=0$ at different forcing frequencies. The results for two forcing amplitudes, $U_{jet}/U_{\infty }$, are shown corresponding to $+1$ (○) and $-1$ ($+$) modes.

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Figure 4. The effect of axisymmetric forcing at $St_{f}=2St_{VS}=0.4$ on the spectra of (a) $m=0$ and (b) $|m|=1$ mode. The forcing results in parametric subharmonic resonance (PSI) of the $|m|=1$ shedding mode at $St_{VS}=0.2$.

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Figure 5. Steady-state response of the global vortex shedding mode with $m=\pm 1$ to periodic zero-net-mass-flux forcing with azimuthal wavenumber $m_{f}=0$ and frequencies $St_{f}$ close to twice the global mode frequency; (a) amplitude and (b) frequency.

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Figure 6. Fitting of unknown coefficients of (5.16b) for $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{f}=2\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{c}$ using experimental transient data from the shedding response to three forcing amplitudes $U_{jet}/U_{\infty }$, 0.33 (blue), 0.41 (red), 0.49 (yellow). (a,b) Fitted planes and experimental transient data (symbols); (c,d) and (e,f) two different views of the fitted planes. (a,c,e) Amplitude (real part); (b,d,f) frequency (imaginary part).

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Table 1. Values of non-dimensional model parameters obtained from data fitting.

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Figure 7. The response of the amplitude and frequency of the $m=\pm 1$ vortex shedding mode to axisymmetric forcing with $m=0$ at different forcing frequencies. Model predictions (lines) and experimental data (symbols).

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Figure 8. Steady-state response of the global vortex shedding mode to zero-net-mass-flux harmonic forcing with azimuthal wavenumber $m=0$ and two frequencies close to twice the global-mode frequency; amplitude (a) and frequency (b).

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Figure 9. Schematic of the zero-net-mass-flux actuator.

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Figure 10. Frequency response function of the zero-net-mass-flux (ZNMF) actuator: (a) cavity pressure over driving voltage, $P_{cav}/V$; (b) jet velocity over cavity pressure, $U_{jet}/P_{cav}$.

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Table 2. Actuator parameters.