On the tip sharpness of riblets for turbulent drag reduction  

湍流减阻中的沟槽面顶部尖锐度研究

作　　者：Yiqian Wang Yi Huang Song Fu 王义乾;黄懿;符松(School of Mathematical Sciences,Soochow University,Suzhou 215006,China;School of Aerospace Engineering,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China)

机构地区：[1]School of Mathematical Sciences,Soochow University,Suzhou 215006,China [2]School of Aerospace Engineering,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China

出　　处：《Acta Mechanica Sinica》2022年第4期39-55,I0001,共18页力学学报（英文版）

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11702159);the EU-China Joint Project Drag Reduction via Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow Control(Grant No.690623).

摘　　要：It is commonly known that riblets with sharper tip generally have better turbulent drag reduction capacity,which,however,poses great challenges for manufacturing and makes the riblets vulnerable to tip erosion.In this study,we show that a scalloped riblet which is not as sharp in the tip as corresponding triangular riblet with same height-width ratio,nevertheless has a larger protrusion height,a quantity solely depending on the riblet shape and calculated through a boundary element algorithm in this study,and thus a higher projected drag reduction rate.In addition,it is found that,when subjected to tip rounding,this scalloped riblet performs better in terms of protrusion height than corresponding parabolic riblet,which indicates stronger resilience to riblet tip erosion.With the class of scalloped riblets,designed by smoothly connecting two third-order polynomials and thus the tip sharpness and valley curvature can be well defined,it is revealed that two mechanisms,one for the valley curvature at the viscous limit and one for the tip sharpness at infinite deep limit,determine the protrusion height,and thus the projected drag reduction capacity.Direct numerical simulations are then carried out to investigate controlled boundary layer transition with the scalloped riblet of width s+=20 and 5+=60.A 7.8%drag reduction in the turbulent region is found for the smaller riblet with a preferable transition delay,while for the larger riblet transition is promoted and drag is increased in the turbulent region.It is also found that the area fraction of high drag region around the riblet tips is basically the same for the two cases.Surprisingly,even higher drag is found around the tip region for the smaller drag-reducing riblets.On the other hand,a much smaller drag coefficient is found in the valley of the smaller riblet,which results in the reduction of turbulent drag.It is thus inferred that the issue of sharp riblet tip,that hard to manufacture and deteriorate substantially when subjected to tip erosion,could be mitigated一般而言,在利用沟槽面进行湍流减阻中,其项部越尖锐,湍流减阻效果往往越好.但尖锐的顶部不利于沟槽面的制造生产,并且容易受到顶部磨损的影响.本研究发现对于所提出的由两个三次多项式函数光渭连接构成的曲面沟槽,尽管其顶部不如具有同样高宽比的三角形沟槽尖锐,但其突出高度却大于三角形沟槽,进而有更高的预估减阻率.同时,该曲面沟槽对于顶部磨损相对不敏感,井且在所:考虑的磨损后.其性能优于相应的抛物线型沟槽.利用这类曲面沟槽.我们发现了两种决定突出高度的作用机制.一是在粘性极限的谷曲率,另一个是在沟槽无限深极限的顶部曲率,而相关研究中用到沟槽的突出高度都是由这两种机制共同决定.针对该曲面沟槽,利用直接数值模拟技术对宽度为s^(+)=20和s^(+)=60时的边界层转捩问题进行了数值仿真,发现与无控制下流动相比,s^(+)=20算例不仅在湍流段有与预估相符的7.8%减阻率,并且使转捩得到了推迟,而s=60算例在湍流段有增阻效果,并且使转捩提前发生.通过对比两个算例中沟槽面的阻力分布以及瞬时流场结构,发现两者高阻力区城和低阻力区域面积基本相同,并且在沟槽顶部反而是减阻算例的阻力系数大,而在沟槽底部减阻算例的阻力系数要远远小于增阻算例,即增阻效果主要来源于沟槽底部的低阻力区.以上研究表明,沟槽顶部过于尖锐而导致的难以加工、易受磨损等问题。可以通过合理的设计沟槽形状得到缓和。

关 键 词：Riblet Turbulent drag reduction Tip sharpness Protrusion height Direct numerical simulation 

分 类 号：O357.5[理学—流体力学]