Supersonic Cavity Flows over Concave and Convex Walls

• Published in: Journal of thermal science 2016-04, Vol.25 (2), p.145-152
• Main Authors: Ye, A. Ran, Das, Rajarshi, Setoguchi, Toshiaki, Kim, Heuy Dong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Classical and Continuum Physics; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Engineering Thermodynamics; Heat and Mass Transfer; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; 压力梯度; 基准模型; 弯曲通道; 空腔振荡; 空腔流动; 超音速; 速度梯度; 非定常数值模拟
• ISSN: 1003-2169; 1993-033X
• DOI: 10.1007/s11630-016-0845-z

Supersonic cavity flows are characterized by compression and expansion waves, shear layer, and oscillations inside the cavity. For decades, investigations into cavity flows have been conducted, mostly with flows at zero pressure gradient entering the cavity in straight walls. Since cavity flows on curved walls exert centrifugal force, the features of these flows are likely to differ from those of straight wall flows. The aim of the present work is to study the flow physics of a cavity that is cut out on a curved wall. Steady and unsteady numerical simulations were carried out for supersonic flow through curved channels over the cavity with L/H = 1. A straight channel flow was also analyzed which serves as the base model. The velocity gradient along the width of the channel was observed to increase with increasing the channel curvature for both concave and convex channels. The pressure on the cavity floor increases with the increase in channel curvature for concave channels and decreases for convex channels. Moreover, unsteady flow characteristics are more dependent on channel curvature under supersonic free stream conditions.