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Transitional flow structures in the shear layer of a laminar separation bubble downstream of a backward facing step (BFS) have been investigated by means of 2D-2C- und highly resolved 3D-3C- tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) for Reynolds numbers between Reh = 1420 and 3000 based on free-stream velocity U and step height h. By using an external acoustic excitation of the shear layer it was possible to arrange phase locked measurements of the wavy flow structures which emanate from instabilities according to Kelvin-Helmholtz [1] (KH). Snapshots of fully 3D-3C velocity vector volumes show complex flow topologies of the non-linear part of the laminar-turbulent transition scenario. This part seems to be governed by hairpin-like, streamwise elongated vortices on top of the classical spanwise oriented 2-D waves. These vortices organize a rapid fluid exchange normal to the shear layer leading to turbulent reattachment of the flow and subsequent development of a turbulent boundary layer.
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Schröder, A., Schanz, D., Heine, B., Dierksheide, U. (2013). Investigation of Transitional Flow Structures Downstream of a Backward-Facing-Step by Using 2D-2C- and High Resolution 3D-3C- Tomo- PIV. In: Dillmann, A., Heller, G., Kreplin, HP., Nitsche, W., Peltzer, I. (eds) New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics VIII. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35680-3_27
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