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Atmospheric westerly jet streams are driven by temperature differences between low and high latitudes and the rotation of the Earth. Meandering jet streams and propagating Rossby waves are responsible for the variable weather in the mid-latitudes. Moreover, extreme weather events such as heat waves and cold spells are part of the jet stream dynamics. For many years, a simple analog in the form of a simplified laboratory experiment, the differentially heated rotating annulus, has provided insight into the dynamics of the meandering jet stream. In the present study, probability density distributions of extreme events from a long-term laboratory experiment are studied and compared to the atmospheric probability density distributions. Empirical distributions of extreme value monthly block data are derived for the experimental and atmospheric cases. Generalized extreme value distributions are adjusted to the empirical distributions, and the distribution parameters are compared. Good agreement was found, but the distributions of the experimental data showed a shift toward larger extreme values, and some explanations for this shift are suggested. The results indicate that the laboratory model might be a useful tool for investigating changes in extreme event distributions due to climate change. In the laboratory context, the change can be modeled by an increase in total temperature accompanied by a reduction in the radial heat contrast.
Enhanced outer peaks in turbulent boundary layer using uniform blowing at moderate Reynolds number
(2022)
Experimental investigation in turbulent boundary layer flows represents one of the canonical geometries of wall bounded shear flows. Utmost relevance of such experiments, however, is applied in the engineering applications in aerospace and marine industries. In particular, continuous effort is being imparted to explore the underlying physics of the flow in order to develop models for numerical tools and to achieve flow control. Within the scope of this Ph. D. topic, application of active control method such as micro-blowing effect in the incompressible, zero pressure gradient turbulent boundary layer was investigated.
Turbulent boundary layer flow is particularly interesting as well as challenging due to the presence of different interacting scales which are increasingly becoming significant as the flow inertial conditions keeps growing. Therefore, energy content of the coherent structures in outer layer becomes stronger and necessitates measurements in relatively large Reynolds number.
Present control experiments in turbulent boundary layer can be split into two different work segments, where one is objected towards the data measurements in turbulent boundary layer over smooth surface with and without any external perturbation. Here, perturbation is applied in the form of wall normal blowing while keeping the magnitude of blowing very low compared to the free stream velocity. For the subsequent results reported here, magnitude of blowing ratio was varied between 0%~6%.
In the first part of the present thesis e.g. 0.415×10e+3≤Reτ≤1.160×10e+3, measurements were performed at the Brandenburg University of Technology wind tunnel. Non-intrusive Laser Doppler Anemometry was applied to carry out a series of measurements on a zero pressure gradient flat plate turbulent boundary layer. Blowing ratio through the perforated surface was varied between 0.17%~1.52% of the free stream velocity. To a maximum of 50% reduction in friction drag was achieved.
For the measurements on the upper range of the stated Reynolds number, were conducted at the boundary layer wind tunnel. This boundary layer wind tunnel offers a spatially developed turbulent boundary layer over a flat plate within 2.2×10e+3≤Reτ≤5.5×10e+3 with an excellent spatial resolution. With the help of Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry technique, measurement of the velocity components were obtained covering entire boundary layer in streamwise wall normal plane. In addition, time resolved measurements were also obtained in spanwise and wall-normal plane in order to look into the morphology of turbulent structures immediately above the blowing area.
Two-dimensional internal gravity wave beam instability. Linear theory and subcritical instability
(2021)