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Multi-Scale Grid Geometries for Internal Flow Turbulence Generation

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posted on 2014-06-23, 00:00 authored by Piyush Milind Ranade
The results presented in this thesis describe multi-scale grid generated turbulence in an internal flow setting. Multi-scale grids offer benefits found in both passive and active grids -- they can be used to generate high turbulence intensities, but do not require active control. Various grid geometries found in literature as well as new geometries were created. Experiments were performed at the Hessert Aerospace Lab. The test set-up consisted of flow between two flat plates separated by a distance of 8.73 cm. Single- and dual-wire hotwire probes were used to acquire time series of velocity downstream of the grids. Multi-scale grid geometries commonly found in literature were tested in the internal flow regime to determine which geometries generated high turbulence intensities that were also spatially homogeneous. New geometries were created based on these results, and finally turbulence created using two of the grids was studied extensively using a dual-wire hotwire probe.

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2017-06-02

Research Director(s)

Scott Morris

Committee Members

Stanislas Gordeyev Eric Jumper

Degree

  • Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering

Degree Level

  • Master's Thesis

Language

  • English

Alternate Identifier

etd-06232014-164253

Publisher

University of Notre Dame

Program Name

  • Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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