Feedback control for form-drag reduction on a bluff body with a blunt trailing edge

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 704, Issue , 2012, Pages 360-367

  Dahan, Jeremy A ^a   Morgans, A S ^a   Lardeau, S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

control theory; drag reduction; shear layers

Indexed keywords

DRAG REDUCTION; FACINGS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BACKWARD FACING STEP; BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; DISTURBANCE ATTENUATION; INSTANTANEOUS PRESSURES; LINEAR FEEDBACK CONTROL; SHEAR LAYER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

CONTROL THEORY;

DRAG; JET FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 84865480914     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.246     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. ARAM, E., MITTAL, R. & CATTAFESTA, L. 2010 Simple representations of zero-net-mass-flux jets in grazing flow for flow-control simulations. Intl J. Flow Control 2 (2), 109-125.
2. BHATTACHARJEE, S., SCHEELKE, B. & TROUTT, T. R. 1986 Modifications of vortex interactions in a reattaching separated flow. AIAA J. 24 (4), 623-629. (Pubitemid 16517306)
3. BRADSHAW, P. & WONG, F. Y. F. 1972 The reattachment and relaxation of a turbulent shear layer. J. Fluid Mech. 52, 113-135.
4. BROSCO, E. 2011 Experimental investigation on separation control by high frequency forcing. PhD thesis, University of Rome, La Sapienza.
5. CATTAFESTA, L. N. & SHEPLAK, M. 2011 Actuators for active flow control. Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 43, 247-272.
6. CATTAFESTA, L. N., SONG, Q., WILLIAMS, D. R., ROWLEY, C. W. & ALVI, F. S. 2008 Active control of flow-induced cavity oscillations. Prog. Aerosp. Sci. 44, 479-502.
7. CHUN, K. B. & SUNG, H. J. 1996 Control of turbulent separated flow over a backward-facing step by local forcing. Exp. Fluids 25, 133-142.
8. COHEN, K., SIEGEL, S. & MCLAUGHLIN, T. 2006 A heuristic approach to effective sensor placement for modelling of a cylinder wake. Comput. Fluids 35, 103-120. (Pubitemid 41447986)
9. DANDOIS, J., GARNIER, E. & SAGAUT, P. 2007 Numerical simulation of active separation control by a synthetic jet. J. Fluid Mech. 574, 25-58.
10. DEJOAN, A. & LESCHZINER, M. A. 2004 Large eddy simulation of periodically perturbed separated flow over a backward-facing step. Intl J. Heat Transfer Fluid Flow 25, 581-592. (Pubitemid 38958501)
11. DOWLING, A. P. & MORGANS, A. S. 2005 Feedback control of combustion oscillations. Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 37, 151-182. (Pubitemid 40301255)
12. DRIVER, D. M. & SEEGMILLER, H. L. 1985 Features of a reattaching turbulent shear layer in divergent channel flow. AIAA J. 23 (2), 163-171. (Pubitemid 15457788)
13. EATON, J. K. & JOHNSTON, J. P. 1981 A review of research on subsonic turbulent flow reattachment. AIAA J. 19 (9), 1093-1100.
14. ENGLAR, R. J. 2000 Development of pneumatic aerodynamic devices to improve the performance, economics, and safety of heavy vehicles. SAE Technical Paper Series, 2000-01-2208.
15. FISHPOOL, G. M. & LESCHZINER, M. A. 2009 Stability bounds for explicit fractional-step schemes for the Navier-Stokes equations at high Reynolds number. Comput. Fluids 38, 1289-1298.
16. GAD-EL HAK, M., POLLARD, A. & BONNET, J.-P. 1998 Flow Control, Fundamentals and Practices. Springer.
17. GELB, A. & VANDER VELDE, W. E. 1968 Multiple-Input Describing Functions and Nonlinear System Design. McGraw-Hill.
18. HASAN, M. A. Z. 1992 The flow over a backward-facing step under controlled perturbation: laminar separation. J. Fluid Mech. 238, 73-96.
19. HASAN, M. A. Z. & KHAN, A. S. 1992 On the instability characteristics of a reattaching shear layer with nonlaminar separation. Intl J. Heat Transfer Fluid Flow 13 (3), 224-231. (Pubitemid 23564366)
20. HEENAN, A. F. & MORRISON, J. F. 1998 Passive control of pressure fluctuations generated by separated flow. AIAA J. 36 (6), 1014-1022. (Pubitemid 128584718)
21. HENNING, L. & KING, R. 2005 Drag reduction by closed-loop control of a separated flow over a bluff body with a blunt trailing edge. In Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, and the European Control Conference 2005, pp. 494-499. IEEE. (Pubitemid 46297015)
22. HENNING, L. & KING, R. 2007 Robust multivariable closed-loop control of a turbulent backward-facing step flow. J. Aircraft 44 (1), 201-208. (Pubitemid 46373304)
23. ILLINGWORTH, S. J. 2009 Feedback control of oscillations in combustion and cavity flows. PhD thesis, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.
24. JIMENEZ, J., HOYAS, S., SIMENS, M. P. & MIZUNO, Y. 2010 Turbulent boundary layers and channels at moderate Reynolds numbers. J. Fluid Mech. 657, 335-360.
25. JUANG, J.-N. & PAPPA, R. S. 1985 An eigensystem realization algorithm for modal parameter identification and model reduction. J. Guid. Control Dyn. 8 (5), 620-627.
26. KIM, J., HAHN, S., KIM, J., LEE, D., CHOI, J., JEON, W. & CHOI, H. 2004 Active control of turbulent flow over a model vehicle for drag reduction. J. Turbul. 5, 019.
27. KIM, K., KERR, M., BESKOK, A. & JAYASURIYA, S. 2006 Frequency-domain based feedback control of flow separation using synthetic jets. In Proceedings of the 2006 American Control Conference, pp. 5318-5323. IEEE. (Pubitemid 46531667)
28. LARDAT, R. & LESCHZINER, M. A. 1998 A Navier-Stokes solver for LES on parallel computers. Tech. Rep. Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMIST.
29. LE, H., MOIN, P. & KIM, J. 1997 Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow over a backward-facing step. J. Fluid Mech. 330, 349-374.
30. LESCHZINER, M. A. & LARDEAU, S. 2011 Simulation of slot and round synthetic jets in the context of boundary layer separation. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 369, 1495-1512.
31. LJUNG, L. 1999 System Identification: Theory for the User. Prentice Hall.
32. LUND, T. S., WU, X. & SQUIRES, K. D. 1998 Generation of turbulent inflow data for spatially-developing boundary layer simulations. J. Comput. Phys. 140, 233-258. (Pubitemid 128346379)
33. MA, Z., AHUJA, S. & ROWLEY, C. W. 2009 Reduced order models for control of fluids using the eigensystem realization algorithm. Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 25, 233-247.
34. MCFARLANE, D. C. & GLOVER, K. 1989 Robust Controller Design Using Normalized Coprime Factor Plant Descriptions. Springer.
35. MODI, V. J., HILL, S. ST. & YOKOMIZO, T. 1995 Drag reduction of trucks through boundary-layer control. J. Wind Engng Ind. Aerodyn. 54/55, 583-594.
36. NICOUD, F. & DUCROS, F. 1999 Subgrid-scale stress modelling based on the square of the velocity gradient tensor. Flow Turbul. Combust. 62, 183, 200.
37. PARK, H., LEE, D., JEON, W.-P., HAHN, S., KIM, J., KIM, J., CHOI, J. & CHOI, H. 2006 Drag reduction in flow over a two-dimensional bluff body with a blunt trailing edge using a new passive device. J. Fluid Mech. 563, 389-414. (Pubitemid 44322733)
38. PASTOOR, M., HENNING, L., NOACK, B. R., KING, R. & TADMOR, G. 2008 Feedback shear layer control for bluff body drag reduction. J. Fluid Mech. 608, 161-196. (Pubitemid 352044201)
39. QUBAIN, A. 2009 Active control of a turbulent bluff body wake. PhD thesis, Imperial College London.
40. ROSHKO, A. 1954 On the drag and shedding frequency of two-dimensional bluff bodies. Tech. Rep. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
41. SEIFERT, A., STALNOV, O., SPERBER, D., ARWATZ, G., PALEI, V., DAVID, S., DAYAN, I. & FONO, I. 2009 Large trucks drag reduction using active flow control. In The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles II: Trucks, Buses, and Trains (ed. F. Browand, R. McCallen & J. Ross). Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, vol. 41, pp. 115-133. Springer.
42. SIEGEL, S., COHEN, K. & MCLAUGHLIN, T. 2006 Numerical simulations of a feedback-controlled circular cylinder wake. AIAA J. 44 (6), 1266-1276. (Pubitemid 44116537)
43. SIMPSON, R. L. 1989 Turbulent boundary-layer separation. Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 21, 205-234.
44. SPAZZINI, P. G., IUSO, G., ONORATO, M., ZURLO, N. & DI CICCA, G. M. 2001 Unsteady behaviour of back-facing step flow. Exp. Fluids 30, 551-561. (Pubitemid 32782614)
45. STALNOV, O., FONO, I. & SEIFERT, A. 2011 Closed-loop bluff-body wake stabilization via fluidic excitation. Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 25, 209-219.
46. TANNER, M. 1972 A method for reducing the base drag of wings with blunt trailing edge. Aeronaut. Q. 23, 15-23.
47. TEMMERMAN, L. 2004 Large eddy simulation of separating flows from curved surfaces. PhD thesis, University of London.
48. TROUTT, T. R., SCHEELKE, B. & NORMAN, T. R. 1984 Organized structures in a reattaching separated flow field. J. Fluid Mech. 143, 413-427. (Pubitemid 15437096)
49. URUBA, V., JONÁS , P. & MAZUR, O. 2007 Control of a channel-flow behind a backward-facing step by suction/blowing. Intl J. Heat Transfer Fluid Flow 28, 665-672. (Pubitemid 47055212)
50. WENGLE, H., HUPPERTZ, A., B̈A RWOLFF, G. & JANKE, G. 2001 The manipulated transitional backward-facing step flow: an experimental and direct numerical simulation investigation. Eur. J. Mech. B 20 (1), 25-46. (Pubitemid 32251484)
51. WOOD, C. J. 1967 Visualization of an incompressible wake with base bleed. J. Fluid Mech. 29 (2), 259-272.
52. YOSHIOKA, S., OBI, S. & MASUDA, S. 2001 Organized vortex motion in periodically perturbed turbulent separated flow over a backward-facing step. Intl J. Heat Transfer Fluid Flow 22, 301-307. (Pubitemid 32526738)