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A procedure for computing the spot production rate in transitional boundary layers
Univ Genoa, DIME, Via Montallegro 1, I-16145 Genoa, Italy..
Univ Genoa, DIME, Via Montallegro 1, I-16145 Genoa, Italy..
Univ Genoa, DIME, Via Montallegro 1, I-16145 Genoa, Italy..
Univ Genoa, DICCA, Via Montallegro 1, I-16145 Genoa, Italy..
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2022 (English)In: Experiments in Fluids, ISSN 0723-4864, E-ISSN 1432-1114, Vol. 63, no 8, article id 136Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The present work describes a method for the computation of the nucleation rate of turbulent spots in transitional boundary layers from particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements. Different detection functions for turbulent events recognition were first tested and validated using data from direct numerical simulation, and this latter describes a flat-plate boundary layer under zero pressure gradient. The comparison with a previously defined function adopted in the literature, which is based on the local spanwise wall-shear stress, clearly highlights the possibility of accurately predicting the statistical evolution of transition even when the near-wall velocity field is not directly available from the measurements. The present procedure was systematically applied to PIV data collected in a wall-parallel measuring plane located inside a flat plate boundary layer evolving under variable Reynolds number, adverse pressure gradient (APG) and free-stream turbulence. The results presented in this work show that the present method allows capturing the statistical response of the transition process to the modification of the inlet flow conditions. The location of the maximum spot nucleation is shown to move upstream when increasing all the main flow parameters. Additionally, the transition region becomes shorter for higher Re and APG, whereas the turbulence level variation gives the opposite trend. The effects of the main flow parameters on the coefficients defining the analytic distribution of the nucleation rate and their link to the momentum thickness Reynolds number at the point of transition are discussed in the paper. [GRAPHICS] .

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Springer Nature , 2022. Vol. 63, no 8, article id 136
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-317344DOI: 10.1007/s00348-022-03485-8ISI: 000844815500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85136087046OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-317344DiVA, id: diva2:1694499
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