TY - GEN
T1 - Microbubble Drag Reduction in Rough Walled Turbulent Boundary Layers
AU - Deutsch, Steven
AU - Moeny, Michael
AU - Fontaine, Arnold
AU - Petrie, Howard
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Experiments were conducted in the 12-inch diameter tunnel at ARL/PSU using the tunnel wall boundary layer facility to determine the influence of surface roughness on microbubble drag reduction. To accomplish this, carbon dioxide was injected through a slot at rates of 0.001 m3/s to 0.011 m 3/s, and the resulting skin friction drag measured on a 317.5 mm long by 152.4 mm span balance. In addition to the hydrodynamically smooth balance plate, additional plates were covered with roughly 75, 150 and 300 micron grit. Over the speed range tested of 7.6, 10.7 and 13.7 m/s, the roughness ranged from smooth to fully rough. Not only was microbubble drag reduction achieved over the rough surfaces, but the percentage drag reduction at a given gas flow rate was larger for larger roughness. A new scaling parameter that collapses all of the data is also introduced.
AB - Experiments were conducted in the 12-inch diameter tunnel at ARL/PSU using the tunnel wall boundary layer facility to determine the influence of surface roughness on microbubble drag reduction. To accomplish this, carbon dioxide was injected through a slot at rates of 0.001 m3/s to 0.011 m 3/s, and the resulting skin friction drag measured on a 317.5 mm long by 152.4 mm span balance. In addition to the hydrodynamically smooth balance plate, additional plates were covered with roughly 75, 150 and 300 micron grit. Over the speed range tested of 7.6, 10.7 and 13.7 m/s, the roughness ranged from smooth to fully rough. Not only was microbubble drag reduction achieved over the rough surfaces, but the percentage drag reduction at a given gas flow rate was larger for larger roughness. A new scaling parameter that collapses all of the data is also introduced.
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U2 - 10.1115/fedsm2003-45647
DO - 10.1115/fedsm2003-45647
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0346273568
SN - 0791836967
SN - 9780791836965
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference
SP - 665
EP - 673
BT - Proceedings of the 4th ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference
A2 - Ogut, A.
A2 - Tsuji, Y.
A2 - Kawahashi, M.
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - 4th ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference
Y2 - 6 July 2003 through 10 July 2003
ER -