Abstract
The response of wall-flow turbulence to high-frequency spanwise oscillations was investigated by direct numerical simulations of a planar channel flow subjected either to an oscillatory spanwise cross-flow or to the spanwise oscillatory motion of a channel wall. Periods of oscillation, Tosc+=Toscuτ2/ν, ranging from 25 to 500 were studied. For 25≤Tosc+≤200 the turbulent bursting process was suppressed, leading to sustained reductions of 10% to 40% in the turbulent drag and comparable attenuations in all three components of turbulence intensities as well as the turbulent Reynolds shear stress. Oscillations at Tosc+=100 produced the most effective suppression of turbulence. The results were independent of whether the oscillations were generated by a cross-flow or by the motion of a channel wall. In the latter case, suppression of turbulence was restricted to the oscillating wall while the flow at the other wall remained fully turbulent. Spanwise oscillations may provide a simple and effective method for control of turbulence in wall-bounded flows.
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