Experimental Study on the Horseshoe Vortex Systems Around Surface-Mounted Obstacles

평판 위에 부착된 실린더 주위의 말굽와류 시스템에 관한 실험적 연구

An experimental study has been performed to investigate the horseshoe vortex system formed around cylindrical obstacles mounted vertically on the surface over which a boundary layer is formed. To measure the mean velocity of the flow field, a five-hole Pitot tube has been used. In addition, surface static pressure measurements and surface flow visualization were also performed. From the five-hole probe measurements, vorticity distribution was deduced numerically and the streamwise velocity distribution was also examined. To consider the effect of the leading-edge shape on the formation of the horseshoe vortex, a qualitative comparison was made between the three-dimensional flows around a circular cylinder and a wedge-type cylinder. The five-hole probe measurements showed a single primary vortex which exists immediately upstream of the obstacles, and endwall flow visualization showed the existence of a corner vortex. As the vortex passes around the obstacle, the vortex strength is reduced and the vortex core moves radially outward. Due to this horseshoe vortex, the fluid momentum is found to decrease along the streamwise direction. Since the horseshoe vortex formed around a wedge-type cylinder has weaker strength and is confined to a narrower region than that around a circular, the possibility that the secondary flow loss due to the horseshoe vortex can be reduced through a change of the leading- edge shape is proposed.

본 연구에서는 말굽와류에 대한 전반적인 사항을 고찰하는 한편, 실린더의 기 하학적 형상이 말굽와류에 미치는 영향을 정성적으로 고찰하는 데 있다. 그러므로 본 실험에서는 먼저 경계층이 형성되어 있는 평판에 원형 실린더를 설치하여, 말굽와 류에 의한 3차원 유동현상을 고찰하고, 또한 동일한 평판에 쐐기형상의 실린더를 설치 하여, 그 주위에서 발생하는 3차원 유동현상과 원형 실린더 주위에서 일어나는 3차원 유동현상과의 정성적인 비교를 통하여, 말굽와류에 의한 3차원 유동손실을 줄일 수 있 는 가능성을 제시하고자 한다.