Yalcin, Alparslan (2022)
Revisiting linear stability of the asymptotic suction boundary layer and plane Couette flow.
Technische Universität Darmstadt
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00022530
Ph.D. Thesis, Primary publication, Publisher's Version
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Item Type: | Ph.D. Thesis | ||||
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Type of entry: | Primary publication | ||||
Title: | Revisiting linear stability of the asymptotic suction boundary layer and plane Couette flow | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Referees: | Oberlack, Prof. Dr. Martin ; Sadiki, Prof. Dr. Amsini | ||||
Date: | 2022 | ||||
Place of Publication: | Darmstadt | ||||
Collation: | xxiv, 109 Seiten | ||||
Date of oral examination: | 21 June 2022 | ||||
DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00022530 | ||||
Abstract: | One of the unsolved problems of fluid mechanics revolves around the prediction and description of large-scale turbulent structures, so-called turbulent superstructures, in various wall-bounded shear flows such as the asymptotic suction boundary layer (ASBL) or plane Couette flow (PCF). It is assumed that the origin of such superstructures is to be sought in the laminar-turbulent transition phenomenon. In the present dissertation, linear stability theory (LST) is therefore revisited for aforementioned ASBL and PCF with the goal of disclosing phenomena describing and influencing the formation of large-scale structures. In the context of the ASBL, the present understanding of linear stability is extended by investigating the analytical solution of the underlying Orr–Sommerfeld equation (OSE). One of the key results in the present work is the establishment of a clear interrelation between Reynolds number and streamwise wavelength of perturbations through asymptotic analyses, which demonstrably is of universal nature and, thus, applicable to any wall-bounded shear flow. Furthermore, continuous modes are derived and examined for the ASBL, where in the spatial stability problem one solution branch gives novel unstable continuous modes. A curiosity of PCF is that LST predicts linear stability exclusively, whereas experiments and numerical simulations provide evidence of laminar-turbulent transition leading to fully turbulent PCF. It is shown in this work that, in contrast to suction boundary layers, transpiration destabilizes PCF and above a minimal transpiration rate yields PCF linearly unstable. It is additionally demonstrated that in the infinite limit of the transpiration rate, PCF can be converted to the ASBL via specific parameter and coordinate transformations. The final part of this thesis revolves around the discovery of novel unstable three-dimensional (3D) spatial modes. An extension of Squire’s transformation to the spatial stability framework discloses the mathematical necessity of additionally introducing complex spanwise wave numbers and, thus, possible growth in the spanwise direction, which in previous research was neglected in view of Squire’s theorem. Thereof, it is demonstrated that these novel modes with oblique growth may lead to subcritical transition in potentially linearly unstable two-dimensional (2D) flows. Linearly stable 2D flows in turn experience growth of the perturbation velocity field in spanwise direction, which is reminiscent of large-scale laminar-turbulent patterns known from numerical simulations of transitioning PCF. Therefore, 3D PCF superposed by such oblique modes is studied in conclusion through a direct numerical simulation (DNS) with a spectral element solver. |
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Status: | Publisher's Version | ||||
URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-225307 | ||||
Classification DDC: | 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering and machine engineering | ||||
Divisions: | 16 Department of Mechanical Engineering > Fluid Dynamics (fdy) | ||||
TU-Projects: | DFG|OB96/45-1|Asymptotisch abgesau | ||||
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2022 12:06 | ||||
Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 13:11 | ||||
URI: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/22530 | ||||
PPN: | 500654743 | ||||
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