Abstract
Experiments on turbulence structures and features of a wind field under steady inflow and gusty wind inflows were implemented in a straight-through wind tunnel. Streamwise and wall-normal velocity components were measured using a streamline constant temperature anemometer (streamline CTA). Power spectra analyses revealed the existence of very large-scale motions (VLSMs) under both steady and gusty wind inflows; but new gusty scale motions (GSMs) were revealed under only gusty wind inflows. The GSMs might originate from an ordered external driving force that forces hairpin packets to align coherently in groups with a length scale related to the gust inflow condition. The streamwise wavelength of VLSMs is independent of inflow conditions, while the turbulent energy of VLSMs is associated with the wall-normal height and local mean streamwise velocity. In particular, the streamwise wavelength of GSMs increases linearly with the average value and period of sinusoidal gusty wind inflows, and the turbulent energy of GSMs is sensitive to the wall-normal height and all characteristic parameters of gusty wind inflows, including the average value, amplitude and period. Considerable wall-normal airflows induced by gusty wind inflows were detected and these are negatively correlated with the variation in gusty streamwise velocity, and root mean square (RMS) values of the gusty wall-normal velocity tended to increase linearly with the average value and amplitude of gusty wind inflows.
Highlights
Over the past few decades, considerable attention has focused on understanding the turbulence structures of wall-bounded turbulent flows, which undeniably play a universal and important role in many engineering and scientific applications[1,2,3,4]
These results indicate that large-scale motions (LSMs) and very large-scale motions (VLSMs) are energetic and typically contain half of the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) of the streamwise component[13]
The streamwise and wall-normal velocity components in the laboratory-scale turbulent boundary layer were measured by a streamline CTA equipped with an X-array dual-sensor wire probe Dantec 55P61
Summary
To determine the basic experimental parameters of our laboratory-scale turbulent boundary layer, the profiles of the mean streamwise velocity in the wind tunnel under steady inflows were first calibrated. All profiles agree with the logarithmic law. This region is termed the logarithmic region, and the mean streamwise velocity profile above this region can be described by. The Coles law of the wake can be fit well with a Boltzmann function. Reynolds number and Uht[15] is the mean streamwise velocity at a height of 0.15 m. Uht15/m · s−1 5.09 7.88 9.88 12.35 15.05 uτ/m · s−1 0.20 0.29 0.38 0.46 0.55 δ/m
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