Wake Induced Boundary
Layer Transition in Turbomachinery

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Paul Durbin
The Center for Integrated Turbulence Simulations
Stanford University
Ravi Subramanya, PSC
Paul Durbin and colleagues simulated "wake induced transition" from smooth to turbulent flow along a rotor blade surface. As flow goes from blade to blade the wake from upstream blades strikes downstream rotors, disrupting smooth flow along the rotor surface, creating complex and unstable flows.
Still frame from simulation animation.
animation by G. Foss, PSC
play the animation (mpeg - 11meg)
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