Stochastic estimation of a separated-flow field using wall-pressure-array measurements

Concurrent, surface-pressure and planar, particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were obtained in the separating/reattaching flow region downstream of an axisymmetric, backward-facing step at a Reynolds number of 8081, based on step height. The surface-pressure and PIV measurements were used to investigate the evolution of coherent structures in the flow field by employing proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and multipoint, linear, stochastic estimation (mLSE) analysis techniques. POD was used to determine the dominant modes in the pressure signature, while mLSE was used to estimate the dominant flow structures above the wall from the wall-pressure POD modes over a series of time steps. It was found that a large-scale, coherent structure develops in place (i.e., temporally) at approximately half the reattachment distance. Once this structure reaches a height equivalent to the step, it sheds and accelerates downstream. This growth in place, and then shedding, resembles the evolution of the flow str...

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