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The high-Re far wake of a slender body and the effects of density stratification (2202.13287v2)

Published 27 Feb 2022 in physics.flu-dyn

Abstract: The high-Reynolds-number wake of a slender body with a turbulent boundary layer is investigated using a hybrid simulation. The wake generator is a 6:1 prolate spheroid and the Reynolds number based on the diameter $D$ is $Re = 105$. The transition of the unstratified wake to a state of complete self-similarity is investigated by looking for the first time into the far field of a slender body wake. Unlike bluff-body wakes, here the flow is not dominated by vortex shedding in the near wake. Instead, the recirculation region is very small, the near wake is quasi-parallel and is characterized by the presence of broadband turbulence. The simulations show that these particularities alter the decay rate of the wake significantly and challenge the notion of universality -- the idea that far from the body all turbulent wakes decay at the same rate. The influence of stratification in the wake is also studied at Froude numbers $Fr=U_\infty/ND=2$ and $10$. The results imply that the onset of buoyancy effects depends on the wake generator and that the far wake retains information of the initial conditions.

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