Nonlinear Evolution and Breakdown of Azimuthally Compact Crossflow Vortex Pattern over a Yawed Cone
Abstract
Hypersonic boundary-layer flows over a circular cone at moderate angle of incidence can support strong crossflow instability in between the windward and leeward rays on the plane of symmetry. Due to the more efficient excitation of stationary crossflow vortices by surface roughness, a possible path to transition in such flows corresponds to rapid amplification of the high-frequency secondary instabilities of finite amplitude stationary crossflow vortices. In the present paper, the previous analyses of crossflow instability over a 7-degree half-angle, yawed circular cone in a Mach 6 free stream have been extended to the nonlinear evolution of azimuthally localized crossflow vortex packets and the amplification characteristics and nonlinear breakdown of high-frequency secondary instabilities associated with those packets. A comparison between plane marching PSE and direct Navier-Stokes simulations (DNS) reveals favorable agreement in regard to mode shapes, most amplified disturbance frequencies, and N-factor evolution. In contrast, the quasiparallel predictions are found to result in severe underprediction of the N-factors. The direct numerical simulations also indicate that the breakdown of secondary instabilities in a 3D hypersonic boundary layer shares certain common features with the previous computations of crossflow transition over subsonic swept wings.
Recommended Citation
M. M. Choudhari et al., "Nonlinear Evolution and Breakdown of Azimuthally Compact Crossflow Vortex Pattern over a Yawed Cone," Proceedings of the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (2018, Kissimmee, FL), no. 210059, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Jan 2018.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-1823
Meeting Name
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2018 (2018: Jan. 8-12, Kissimmee, FL)
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Aviation; Boundary layer flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Hypersonic boundary layers; Hypersonic flow; Navier Stokes equations; Surface roughness; Swept wings, Angle of Incidence; Cross-flow instabilities; Crossflow vortices; Disturbance frequency; High-frequency secondary instability; Navier Stokes simulation; Nonlinear evolutions; Secondary instability, Vortex flow
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-162410524-1
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2018
