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Secondary flows in statistically unstable turbulent boundary layers with spanwise heterogeneous roughness

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Large-scale secondary motions are known to occur in turbulent flows over surfaces with spanwise roughness heterogeneity. Numerical studies often use adjacent high- and low-roughness longitudinal strips to investigate these secondary rolls in boundary layers without any thermal stratification. In the present study, the effect of unstable thermal stratification on secondary rolls in a very high-Reynolds-number turbulent flow with spanwise-heterogeneous roughness is investigated by means of large-eddy simulation. The strength of the unstable stratification is systematically changed from L/h=−20 to L/h=−1, where L and h are Monin-Obukhov length and boundary-layer height, respectively. This range covers the transition from neutral stratification to unstable stratification. The results show that the positive buoyancy associated with the unstable thermal stratification acts against the roughness-induced secondary rolls. In the case of unstable stratification, secondary rolls are completely canceled out by buoyancy and replaced by new stronger convection-induced rolls rotating in opposite directions.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer100317
TidsskriftTheoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
Vol/bind12
Nummer2
Antal sider7
ISSN2095-0349
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StatusUdgivet - feb. 2022

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