简介:NumericalsimulationsandexperimentalresearcharebothcarriedouttoinvestigatethecontrolledeffectofspanwiseoscillatingLorentzforceonaturbulentchannelflow.ThevariationsofthestreaksandtheskinfrictiondragareobtainedthroughthePIVsystemandthedragmeasurementsystem,respectively.Theflowfieldinthenear-wallregionisshownthroughdirectnumericalsimulationsutilizingspectralmethod.Theexperimentalresultsareconsistentwiththenumericalsimulationresultsqualitatively,andboththeresultsindicatethatthestreaksaretiltedintothespanwisedirectionandthedragreductionutilizingspanwiseoscillatingLorentzforcescanberealized.Thenumericalsimulationresultsrevealmoredetailofthedragreductionmechanismwhichcanbeexplained,sincethespanwisevorticitygeneratedfromtheinteractionbetweentheinducedStokeslayerandintrinsicturbulentflowinthenear-wallregioncanmakethelongitudinalvorticestiltandoscillate,andleadstoturbulencesuppressionanddragreduction.