# gst: complex flows by hairpin vortices behind hills with different scales

 << In the flow around protuberance, separation bubbles occur ahead and behind the protuberance, and a coherent vortex structure exists in the wake. In such a flow field, heat, substance, and momentum are actively transported by the vortex. (..) When multiple protuberances are set in the flow, the wakes of the protuberances interfere with each other, resulting in complicated flows. >> 

 << This study performed a numerical analysis of the hairpin vortex and heat transport generated by the interference of the wakes behind two hills in a laminar boundary layer. In the case of hills with the same scale, the interference between hairpin vortices in the wake is more intensive than in the different-scale hills. When the hills with different scales are installed, hairpin vortices with different scales are periodically shed. >> 

 

  << Regardless of the scale ratio of the hills, when the hill spacing in the spanwise direction is narrowed, the asymmetry of the hairpin vortex in the wake increases due to the interference between the wakes. At this time, the turbulence caused by the leg and the horn-shaped secondary vortex on the spanwise center side in the hairpin vortex increases, and heat transport around the hairpin vortex becomes active. >> 

 

Hideki Yanaoka, Tatsuya Hamada. Hairpin vortices and heat transfer in the wakes behind two hills with different scales. arXiv: 2306.17365v1 [physics.flu-dyn]. Jun 30, 2023. 

https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.17365

Also: vortex, turbulence in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html

Keywords: gst, vortex, hairpin vortex, turbulence