69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (November 20, 2016 — November 22, 2016)

P0006: Visualization of turbulent structures via virtual reality (VR)

Authors
  • Daniel Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
  • Carlos Caro, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
  • Jose Lugo, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
  • Guillermo Araya, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.2016.GFM.P0006

Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a spatially-developing turbulent boundary layer is performed with high spatial/temporal resolution. The initial turbulent flow in a zero pressure gradient (ZPG) boundary layer is subjected to a very strong favorable pressure gradient (FPG). The sudden acceleration imposed to the turbulent flow induces quasi-laminarization. An innovative technique has been developed to visualize the hydrodynamic and thermal (passive scalar) structures present in the combined ZPG-FPG computational domain by means of a fully immersive virtual reality (VR) environment.

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