Print Email Facebook Twitter Roughness Induced Boundary Layer Transition in Incompressible Flow Title Roughness Induced Boundary Layer Transition in Incompressible Flow Author Ye, Q. Schrijer, F.J. Scarano, F. Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Aerodynamics, Wind Energy & Propulsion Date 2015-08-28 Abstract The fluid dynamics process leading to laminar-turbulent transition behind an isolated roughness element is investigated in the incompressible regime using particle image velocimetry. The study covers the effect of roughness size and geometry on the promotion of transition. The measurement domain covers a large streamwise range from the near wake to the onset of the turbulent regime. Planar PIV measurements reveal the basic flow pattern and the turbulent structure of the flow characterizing by the velocity fluctuation statistics (RMS of the streamwise and wall-normal velocity component and Reynolds shear stress). The high Reynolds shear stress level reaching the region near the wall in the downstream area indicates the onset of turbulent boundary layer. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8a72877d-bf6c-491c-9ea6-5824d96a890a Source 15th European Turbulence Conference 2015 (ETC15), August 25-28th, 2015, Delft, The Netherlands Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2015 the Authors Files PDF 478.pdf 378.87 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8a72877d-bf6c-491c-9ea6-5824d96a890a/datastream/OBJ/view