Turbulent boundary layers flowing over a smooth surface were studied to understand the influence of varying pressure gradients and flow Reynolds number on the boundary layer growth and mean turbulent properties. The test was conducted in the Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel with a 0.914 m chord length, NACA 0012 Airfoil in the test section. This airfoil was rotated to different angles of attack to induce varying pressure gradients on the boundary layer developing on the test section walls. Mean pressure measurements, boundary layer pressure measurements, and time-resolved, wall-normal, stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (TR-PIV) measurements were made. The TR-PIV data was acquired at a chord-based Reynolds number of 1.2 million, 2 million, and 3.5 million, at a sampling rate of 1 kHz, in two different camera configurations. The boundary layer pressure measurements were acquired at different flow Reynolds numbers ranging between 0.76 million and 3.5 million. Both adverse and favorable pressure gradients of varying intensities were imposed on the boundary layer by rotating a 0.914 m chord NACA 0012 airfoil to angles of attacks between -{10}^o and {12}^o. Measurements at varying streamwise locations enabled the study of boundary layer flow development under changing pressure gradients. The pressure gradient influences were observed in the boundary layer characteristic properties, on the mean velocities, and on the Reynolds stresses present in the flow. The pressure gradient influences were found to be consistent at varying Reynolds numbers, but the intensity of their effects was influenced by the flow Reynolds number. Moreover, the influence of pressure gradients and flow Reynolds numbers was evident in both outer and inner scales. The test data acquired was also validated with previous works. / M.S. / The interaction of turbulent boundary layers and smooth surfaces is prevalent in our world. It plays a vital role in various phenomena, such as, aircraft stall, cabin noise, and structural vibrations. Varying flow conditions influence the behavior of boundary layers and the extent of their implications. The effects of pressure gradients and the level of turbulence, described by the Reynolds numbers, on turbulent boundary layer flow was studied. This was done through an experiment conducted at the Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel facility. The test data was acquired through boundary layer pressure measurements and Time-Resolved, Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry (TR-PIV) at varying streamwise locations in the test section. A 0.914 m chord, NACA 0012 airfoil was placed in the test section and its angle of attack was varied to -{10}^o,0^o,\ \ and\ {12}^o to induce a favorable, minimum, and an adverse pressure gradient, respectively. The TR-PIV measurements were acquired at a sampling rate of 1 kHz and in two different camera configurations. The flow Reynolds number was based on the airfoil chord length (Re_c) and was varied to 1.2 million, 2 million, and 3.5 million for the TR-PIV tests. The boundary layer pressure measurements were acquired using an array of 30 Pitot probes placed in the boundary layer of the flow. The flow Reynolds number for these test runs ranged between 0.76 million and 3.5 million. The acquired data was used to analyze the mean statistical properties of turbulent boundary layers primarily focusing on the mean velocities, boundary characteristic parameters, Reynolds normal stresses, and Reynolds shear stresses. The results showed that the nature of pressure gradient influences on the mean properties of turbulent boundary layers remained consistent regardless of the flow Reynolds number. However, the intensity of the pressure gradient effects was influenced by the flow Reynolds number. These observations were made at various streamwise data acquisition locations through which the evolution of the flow was also studied. Lastly, the results obtained in this experiment were validated with previous works.

As Diretrizes da Política Nacional de Transporte Hidroviário apresentam metas ambiciosas para os próximos anos quanto à construção de eclusas e ao aumento da participação do transporte aquaviário de carga na matriz brasileira. A bibliografia expõe que os custos são otimizados quando um desnível é transposto com a construção do menor número eclusas, o que resulta na busca pela transposição de desníveis significativos com a execução de eclusas com uma única câmara. No entanto, problemas hidráulicos encontrados junto às comportas de enchimento e esvaziamento estão entre as principais limitações para o aumento da altura de queda das eclusas. Os diferenciais de pressão entre as faces de montante e jusante das comportas e a variação do seu grau de abertura durante as operações de enchimento e esvaziamento de eclusas de navegação de média e alta queda geram escoamentos turbulentos, com velocidades e pressões capazes de produzir danos às estruturas. Com o objetivo de analisar os parâmetros hidráulicos do escoamento médio a jusante de comportas dos sistemas de enchimento e esgotamento de eclusas, do tipo segmento invertida, e as pressões instantâneas ao longo do teto e da base do conduto, de forma a identificar e caracterizar padrões de comportamento que auxiliem na elaboração de projetos e no aperfeiçoamento dessas estruturas, foram conduzidas duas investigações complementares, a experimental e a numérica. A investigação experimental, desenvolvida no Laboratório de Obras Hidráulicas do Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, proporcionou a geração de dados discretos de pressão instantânea ao longo do teto e da base do conduto para 53 condições de abertura e vazão, para escoamento em regime permanente. A investigação numérica, realizada com o software Flow-3D®, de Dinâmica de Fluidos Computacional, viabilizou a geração de dados do escoamento médio no interior do conduto para 12 condições de abertura e vazão, que reproduziam as simulações experimentais. Os resultados das simulações realizadas no Flow-3D® com modelo de turbulência k- e demonstraram a sua aplicabilidade no estudo do escoamento médio a jusante de comportas de sistemas de enchimento e esvaziamento de eclusas. O modelo numérico reproduziu os dados experimentais de pressão a montante da comporta e os formatos das curvas de pressão ao longo da base e do teto do conduto a jusante da comporta, apresentando resultados mais aderentes para a base. Para as condições operacionais com a comporta parcialmente aberta, as menores pressões ocorreram no teto do conduto próximo à comporta, região de recirculação do escoamento, e junto ao terminal da comporta. A partir da análise dos dados foi possível a caracterização do comportamento das pressões médias, das flutuações de pressão e das pressões máximas e mínimas ao longo da base e do teto do conduto por meio da relação entre coeficientes adimensionais de posição e de pressão. / Brazilian Waterways Policy has ambitious goals for constructing navigation locks and increasing the participation of the cargo transport through waterways in the national transport matrix. Literature states that costs are optimized by the construction of fewer locks for the transposition of water levels by vessels, which results in the search for transposition of significant lifts by using navigation locks with single camera. However, the hydraulic problems in the filling and emptying systems, especially close to the valves, are among the major limitations to increase the lock lift. During filling and emptying operations of medium and high-lift locks, the pressure difference between upstream and downstream sides of lock valve and its opening generate turbulent flows with associated flow velocities and pressures capable of damaging the structures. In the current research, experimental and numerical investigations were conducted in order to analyze the mean flow through lock culvert valves and the instantaneous pressures behavior along the culvert roof and base, and to identify and to characterize hydraulic parameters which could be useful for project development and improvement of these structures. The experimental research was conducted at the “Laboratório de Obras Hidráulicas” of the “Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas” of the “Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul” and provided the generation of discrete data of instantaneous pressure along the culvert roof and base for 53 conditions of flow and valve opening. Experimental simulations were performed with steady state flow. Numerical investigation applied the Computational Fluid Dynamics software Flow-3D® and produced information for the mean flow inside the culvert for 12 valve opening and flow conditions, which reproduced the experimental simulations. valve opening and flow conditions, which reproduced the experimental simulations. The numerical results, obtained by using the k-e turbulence model, demonstrated the applicability of Flow-3D® in the study of the mean flow downstream of lock culvert valves. The numerical model was able to reproduce the experimental data of pressure along the culvert base and roof presenting more accuracy to base data. For partially open gate conditions, the lowest pressures were verified next to the valve lip and at the downstream culvert roof close to the valve, which correspond to the recirculating flow region. From data analysis it was possible to characterize the behavior of the mean pressure, pressure fluctuations and extreme pressures along the culvert base and roof by the relationship between dimensionless coefficients of position and pressure.

As Diretrizes da Política Nacional de Transporte Hidroviário apresentam metas ambiciosas para os próximos anos quanto à construção de eclusas e ao aumento da participação do transporte aquaviário de carga na matriz brasileira. A bibliografia expõe que os custos são otimizados quando um desnível é transposto com a construção do menor número eclusas, o que resulta na busca pela transposição de desníveis significativos com a execução de eclusas com uma única câmara. No entanto, problemas hidráulicos encontrados junto às comportas de enchimento e esvaziamento estão entre as principais limitações para o aumento da altura de queda das eclusas. Os diferenciais de pressão entre as faces de montante e jusante das comportas e a variação do seu grau de abertura durante as operações de enchimento e esvaziamento de eclusas de navegação de média e alta queda geram escoamentos turbulentos, com velocidades e pressões capazes de produzir danos às estruturas. Com o objetivo de analisar os parâmetros hidráulicos do escoamento médio a jusante de comportas dos sistemas de enchimento e esgotamento de eclusas, do tipo segmento invertida, e as pressões instantâneas ao longo do teto e da base do conduto, de forma a identificar e caracterizar padrões de comportamento que auxiliem na elaboração de projetos e no aperfeiçoamento dessas estruturas, foram conduzidas duas investigações complementares, a experimental e a numérica. A investigação experimental, desenvolvida no Laboratório de Obras Hidráulicas do Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, proporcionou a geração de dados discretos de pressão instantânea ao longo do teto e da base do conduto para 53 condições de abertura e vazão, para escoamento em regime permanente. A investigação numérica, realizada com o software Flow-3D®, de Dinâmica de Fluidos Computacional, viabilizou a geração de dados do escoamento médio no interior do conduto para 12 condições de abertura e vazão, que reproduziam as simulações experimentais. Os resultados das simulações realizadas no Flow-3D® com modelo de turbulência k- e demonstraram a sua aplicabilidade no estudo do escoamento médio a jusante de comportas de sistemas de enchimento e esvaziamento de eclusas. O modelo numérico reproduziu os dados experimentais de pressão a montante da comporta e os formatos das curvas de pressão ao longo da base e do teto do conduto a jusante da comporta, apresentando resultados mais aderentes para a base. Para as condições operacionais com a comporta parcialmente aberta, as menores pressões ocorreram no teto do conduto próximo à comporta, região de recirculação do escoamento, e junto ao terminal da comporta. A partir da análise dos dados foi possível a caracterização do comportamento das pressões médias, das flutuações de pressão e das pressões máximas e mínimas ao longo da base e do teto do conduto por meio da relação entre coeficientes adimensionais de posição e de pressão. / Brazilian Waterways Policy has ambitious goals for constructing navigation locks and increasing the participation of the cargo transport through waterways in the national transport matrix. Literature states that costs are optimized by the construction of fewer locks for the transposition of water levels by vessels, which results in the search for transposition of significant lifts by using navigation locks with single camera. However, the hydraulic problems in the filling and emptying systems, especially close to the valves, are among the major limitations to increase the lock lift. During filling and emptying operations of medium and high-lift locks, the pressure difference between upstream and downstream sides of lock valve and its opening generate turbulent flows with associated flow velocities and pressures capable of damaging the structures. In the current research, experimental and numerical investigations were conducted in order to analyze the mean flow through lock culvert valves and the instantaneous pressures behavior along the culvert roof and base, and to identify and to characterize hydraulic parameters which could be useful for project development and improvement of these structures. The experimental research was conducted at the “Laboratório de Obras Hidráulicas” of the “Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas” of the “Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul” and provided the generation of discrete data of instantaneous pressure along the culvert roof and base for 53 conditions of flow and valve opening. Experimental simulations were performed with steady state flow. Numerical investigation applied the Computational Fluid Dynamics software Flow-3D® and produced information for the mean flow inside the culvert for 12 valve opening and flow conditions, which reproduced the experimental simulations. valve opening and flow conditions, which reproduced the experimental simulations. The numerical results, obtained by using the k-e turbulence model, demonstrated the applicability of Flow-3D® in the study of the mean flow downstream of lock culvert valves. The numerical model was able to reproduce the experimental data of pressure along the culvert base and roof presenting more accuracy to base data. For partially open gate conditions, the lowest pressures were verified next to the valve lip and at the downstream culvert roof close to the valve, which correspond to the recirculating flow region. From data analysis it was possible to characterize the behavior of the mean pressure, pressure fluctuations and extreme pressures along the culvert base and roof by the relationship between dimensionless coefficients of position and pressure.

As Diretrizes da Política Nacional de Transporte Hidroviário apresentam metas ambiciosas para os próximos anos quanto à construção de eclusas e ao aumento da participação do transporte aquaviário de carga na matriz brasileira. A bibliografia expõe que os custos são otimizados quando um desnível é transposto com a construção do menor número eclusas, o que resulta na busca pela transposição de desníveis significativos com a execução de eclusas com uma única câmara. No entanto, problemas hidráulicos encontrados junto às comportas de enchimento e esvaziamento estão entre as principais limitações para o aumento da altura de queda das eclusas. Os diferenciais de pressão entre as faces de montante e jusante das comportas e a variação do seu grau de abertura durante as operações de enchimento e esvaziamento de eclusas de navegação de média e alta queda geram escoamentos turbulentos, com velocidades e pressões capazes de produzir danos às estruturas. Com o objetivo de analisar os parâmetros hidráulicos do escoamento médio a jusante de comportas dos sistemas de enchimento e esgotamento de eclusas, do tipo segmento invertida, e as pressões instantâneas ao longo do teto e da base do conduto, de forma a identificar e caracterizar padrões de comportamento que auxiliem na elaboração de projetos e no aperfeiçoamento dessas estruturas, foram conduzidas duas investigações complementares, a experimental e a numérica. A investigação experimental, desenvolvida no Laboratório de Obras Hidráulicas do Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, proporcionou a geração de dados discretos de pressão instantânea ao longo do teto e da base do conduto para 53 condições de abertura e vazão, para escoamento em regime permanente. A investigação numérica, realizada com o software Flow-3D®, de Dinâmica de Fluidos Computacional, viabilizou a geração de dados do escoamento médio no interior do conduto para 12 condições de abertura e vazão, que reproduziam as simulações experimentais. Os resultados das simulações realizadas no Flow-3D® com modelo de turbulência k- e demonstraram a sua aplicabilidade no estudo do escoamento médio a jusante de comportas de sistemas de enchimento e esvaziamento de eclusas. O modelo numérico reproduziu os dados experimentais de pressão a montante da comporta e os formatos das curvas de pressão ao longo da base e do teto do conduto a jusante da comporta, apresentando resultados mais aderentes para a base. Para as condições operacionais com a comporta parcialmente aberta, as menores pressões ocorreram no teto do conduto próximo à comporta, região de recirculação do escoamento, e junto ao terminal da comporta. A partir da análise dos dados foi possível a caracterização do comportamento das pressões médias, das flutuações de pressão e das pressões máximas e mínimas ao longo da base e do teto do conduto por meio da relação entre coeficientes adimensionais de posição e de pressão. / Brazilian Waterways Policy has ambitious goals for constructing navigation locks and increasing the participation of the cargo transport through waterways in the national transport matrix. Literature states that costs are optimized by the construction of fewer locks for the transposition of water levels by vessels, which results in the search for transposition of significant lifts by using navigation locks with single camera. However, the hydraulic problems in the filling and emptying systems, especially close to the valves, are among the major limitations to increase the lock lift. During filling and emptying operations of medium and high-lift locks, the pressure difference between upstream and downstream sides of lock valve and its opening generate turbulent flows with associated flow velocities and pressures capable of damaging the structures. In the current research, experimental and numerical investigations were conducted in order to analyze the mean flow through lock culvert valves and the instantaneous pressures behavior along the culvert roof and base, and to identify and to characterize hydraulic parameters which could be useful for project development and improvement of these structures. The experimental research was conducted at the “Laboratório de Obras Hidráulicas” of the “Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas” of the “Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul” and provided the generation of discrete data of instantaneous pressure along the culvert roof and base for 53 conditions of flow and valve opening. Experimental simulations were performed with steady state flow. Numerical investigation applied the Computational Fluid Dynamics software Flow-3D® and produced information for the mean flow inside the culvert for 12 valve opening and flow conditions, which reproduced the experimental simulations. valve opening and flow conditions, which reproduced the experimental simulations. The numerical results, obtained by using the k-e turbulence model, demonstrated the applicability of Flow-3D® in the study of the mean flow downstream of lock culvert valves. The numerical model was able to reproduce the experimental data of pressure along the culvert base and roof presenting more accuracy to base data. For partially open gate conditions, the lowest pressures were verified next to the valve lip and at the downstream culvert roof close to the valve, which correspond to the recirculating flow region. From data analysis it was possible to characterize the behavior of the mean pressure, pressure fluctuations and extreme pressures along the culvert base and roof by the relationship between dimensionless coefficients of position and pressure.

La thèse est une contribution à l’étude des tourbillons longitudinaux qui se développent sur la lunette arrière des véhicules automobiles, dans l’idée de provoquer leur éclatement afin de réduire la traînée aérodynamique. On conçoit tout d’abord un système d’acquisition dénommé A-SPIV, permettant de reconstruire le champ moyen de vitesse 3D d’un sillage turbulent à partir de plans stéréo-PIV acquis par translation du système caméras-laser, sans qu’il soit nécessaire de le recalibrer. En complément, on propose une méthode de reconstruction de la pression moyenne reposant sur les données A-SPIV et sur une mesure de la pression pariétale. L’ensemble forme un nouveau protocole expérimental, validé dans le sillage d’un corps d’Ahmed 25° et dont les résultats à haut Reynolds sont comparés à la littérature existante. L'analyse topologique des tourbillons longitudinaux suggère l’existence d’un éclatement tourbillonnaire spontané dans le sillage proche, malgré l’absence de point de stagnation. On démontre formellement l’existence de cet éclatement par deux critères théoriques qui considèrent ce phénomène, soit comme la conséquence d’une réorganisation de la vorticité, soit comme la résultante d’une accumulation, en un point critique, d’ondes inertielles se propageant le long du tourbillon. Les analyses sous-jacentes sont menées dans un repère cylindrique attaché à l’axe tourbillonnaire et prédisent une même position d’éclatement, en bon accord avec la position singulière issue des mesures A-SPIV. La thèse se conclut par une analyse de stabilité globale de l'écoulement moyen qui suggère un lien possible entre l’éclatement et une instabilité globale de l’écoulement tourbillonnaire. / This thesis is a contribution to the study of the longitudinal vortices developing in the near wake of ground vehicles, with the general purpose of reducing the aerodynamic drag by triggering the vortex breakdown phenomenon. We present a new data acquisition system called A-SPIV, allowing to reconstruct a 3D turbulent time-averaged velocity field from stereo-PIV planes measured by translation of the whole cameras-laser system, with no need to recalibrate. We also propose a method to reconstruct the mean pressure in the bulk from the A-SPIV data and from a dedicated wall static pressure measurement. This new overall experimental protocol is applied to a standard aerodynamic test-case, the 25° Ahmed body, all results being compared and validated at high turbulent Reynolds number against existing data from the literature. A thorough analysis of the longitudinal vortices suggests the occurrence of a spontaneous vortex breakdown in the near-wake, although there exist no stagnation point in the experimental data. Such vortex breakdown is therefore evidenced using two different theoretical criteria considering the phenomenon as the consequence of either a reorganization of the vorticity, or an accumulation of inertial waves propagating along the vortex core. The underlying analyses are carried out in a cylindrical system attached to the vortex axis and predict a single breakdown position, in good agreement with the singular position initially inferred from the A-SPIV data. The thesis ends with a global stability analysis of the turbulent mean flow suggesting a possible connection between the occurrence of vortex breakdown and a global instability of the longitudinal vortex.