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Vortex dynamics in low- and high-extent polymer drag reduction regimes revealed by vortex tracking and conformation analysis
Fluid Dynamics · Submitted 3 Dec 2019
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The authors' main claim The study depicts the first clear physical picture regarding the changing vortex dynamics between LDR and HDR, which is based on direct evidence from objective statistical analysis of vortex conformation and distribution.
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Turbulent flow profiles are known to change between low- (LDR) and high-extent drag reduction (HDR) regimes. It is however not until recently that the LDR-HDR transition is recognized as a fundamental change between two DR mechanisms. Although the onset of DR, which initiates the LDR stage, is explainable by a general argument of polymers suppressing vortices, the occurrence of HDR where flow statistics are qualitatively different and DR effects are observed across a much broader range of wall regions remains unexplained. Recent development of the vortex axis tracking by iterative propagation algorithm allows the detection and extraction of vortex axis-lines with various orientations and curvatures. This new tool is used in this study to analyze the vortex conformation and dynamics across the LDR-HDR transition. Polymer effects are shown to concentrate on vortices that are partially or completely attached to the wall. At LDR, this effect is an across-the-board weakening of vortices which lowers their intensity without shifting their distribution patterns. At HDR, polymers start to suppress the lift-up of streamwise vortices in the buffer layer and prevent their downstream heads from rising into the log-law layer and forming hairpins and other curved vortices. This interrupts the turbulent momentum transfer between the buffer and log-law layers, which offers a clear pathway for explaining the distinct mean flow profiles at HDR. The study depicts the first clear physical picture regarding the changing vortex dynamics between LDR and HDR, which is based on direct evidence from objective statistical analysis of vortex conformation and distribution.
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| s0 | Turbulent flow profiles are known to change between low- (LDR) and high-extent drag reduction (HDR) regimes. | background 1.00 | 0.04 | 0.03 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | It is however not until recently that the LDR-HDR transition is recognized as a fundamental change between two DR mechanisms. | background 0.53 | 0.05 | 0.03 | asserted 0.99 |
| s2 | Although the onset of DR, which initiates the LDR stage, is explainable by a general argument of polymers suppressing vortices, the occurrence of HDR where flow statistics are qualitatively different and DR effects are observed across a much broader range of wall regions remains unexplained. | gap 0.99 | 0.05 | 0.05 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | Recent development of the vortex axis tracking by iterative propagation algorithm allows the detection and extraction of vortex axis-lines with various orientations and curvatures. | method 0.80 | 0.12 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | This new tool is used in this study to analyze the vortex conformation and dynamics across the LDR-HDR transition. | method 0.55 | 0.87 | 0.03 | asserted 0.96 |
| s5 | Polymer effects are shown to concentrate on vortices that are partially or completely attached to the wall. | result 1.00 | 0.86 | 0.13 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | At LDR, this effect is an across-the-board weakening of vortices which lowers their intensity without shifting their distribution patterns. | result 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.09 | asserted 1.00 |
| s7 | At HDR, polymers start to suppress the lift-up of streamwise vortices in the buffer layer and prevent their downstream heads from rising into the log-law layer and forming hairpins and other curved vortices. | result 0.96 | 0.83 | 0.42 | asserted 1.00 |
| s8 | This interrupts the turbulent momentum transfer between the buffer and log-law layers, which offers a clear pathway for explaining the distinct mean flow profiles at HDR. | interpretation 1.00 | 0.71 | 0.52 | asserted 0.88 |
| s9 | The study depicts the first clear physical picture regarding the changing vortex dynamics between LDR and HDR, which is based on direct evidence from objective statistical analysis of vortex conformation and distribution. | contribution 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.47 | asserted 1.00 |
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Turbulent flow profiles are known to change between low- (LDR) and high-extent drag reduction (HDR) regimes. It is however not until recently that the LDR-HDR transition is recognized as a fundamental change between two DR mechanisms. Although the onset of DR, which initiates the LDR stage, is explainable by a general argument of polymers suppressing vortices, the occurrence of HDR where flow statistics are qualitatively different and DR effects are observed across a much broader range of wall regions remains unexplained. Recent development of the vortex axis tracking by iterative propagation algorithm allows the detection and extraction of vortex axis-lines with various orientations and curvatures. This new tool is used in this study to analyze the vortex conformation and dynamics across the LDR-HDR transition. Polymer effects are shown to concentrate on vortices that are partially or completely attached to the wall. At LDR, this effect is an across-the-board weakening of vortices which lowers their intensity without shifting their distribution patterns. At HDR, polymers start to suppress the lift-up of streamwise vortices in the buffer layer and prevent their downstream heads from rising into the log-law layer and forming hairpins and other curved vortices. This interrupts the turbulent momentum transfer between the buffer and log-law layers, which offers a clear pathway for explaining the distinct mean flow profiles at HDR. The study depicts the first clear physical picture regarding the changing vortex dynamics between LDR and HDR, which is based on direct evidence from objective statistical analysis of vortex conformation and distribution.
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