• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Control of laminar breakdown in a supersonic boundary layer employing streaks
  • Contributor: Kneer, Simon; Guo, Zhengfei; Kloker, Markus J.
  • Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2022
  • Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 932 (2022)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1047
  • ISSN: 0022-1120; 1469-7645
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  • Description: In this study direct numerical simulations are employed to investigate the effects of various parameters on the laminar-flow-control capabilities of narrowly spaced streaks in a supersonic boundary layer at Mach$2.0$. Previous work by Sharmaet al.(J. Fluid Mech., vol. 873, 2019, pp. 1072–1089) has found these streak modes, excited by a spanwise blowing-and-suction strip, to be highly effective at delaying pure oblique-type breakdown. In the present work it is shown that spectrum-enriching subharmonic modes, relevant with increasing running-length Reynolds number, do not destroy the controlling mechanism, and also a complex breakdown scenario, triggered by a multi-frequency point source, is found to be effectively controlled. Moreover, the control-streak excitation by roughness elements is compared in detail with the blowing-and-suction method, revealing relevant differing features.