Influence of porous material on the flow behind a backward-facing step: experimental study

We investigate effect of porous insert located upstream of the separation edge of a backward-facing step (BFS) in early transitional regime as a function of Reynolds number. This is an example of hydrodynamic system that is a combination of separated shear flow with large amplification potential and...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of fluid mechanics 2024-10, Vol.998, Article A31
Main Authors: Klotz, L., Bukowski, K., Gumowski, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Backward facing steps
Decomposition
Dynamic structural analysis
Energy
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Frequency dependence
Geometry
Hilbert transformation
Inserts
JFM Papers
Kelvin-helmholtz instability
Permeability
Porous materials
Reynolds number
Shear flow
Spectral analysis
Spectrum analysis
Stability analysis
Velocity
Vortices
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We investigate effect of porous insert located upstream of the separation edge of a backward-facing step (BFS) in early transitional regime as a function of Reynolds number. This is an example of hydrodynamic system that is a combination of separated shear flow with large amplification potential and porous materials known for efficient flow destabilisation. Spectral analysis reveals that dynamics of BFS is dominated by spectral modes that remain globally coherent along the streamwise direction. We detect two branches of characteristic frequencies in the flow and with Hilbert transform we characterise their spatial support. For low Reynolds numbers, the dynamics of the flow is dominated by lower frequency, whereas for sufficiently large Reynolds numbers cross-over to higher frequencies is observed. Increasing permeability of the porous insert results in decrease in Reynolds number value, at which frequency cross-over occurs. By comparing normalised frequencies on each branch with local stability analysis, we attribute Kelvin–Helmholtz and Tollmien–Schlichting instabilities to upper and lower frequency branches, respectively. Finally, our results show that porous inserts enhance Kelvin–Helmholtz instability and promote transition to oscillator-type dynamics. Specifically, the amplitude of vortical (BFS) structures associated with higher-frequency branch follows Landau model prediction for all investigated porous inserts.
ISSN:0022-1120
1469-7645
DOI:10.1017/jfm.2024.639