Boundary Layer Suction Through Rectangular Orifices: Effects of Aspect Ration and Orientation

Abstract: 

The flow field generated by suction through a rectangular orifice within a laminar boundary layer is investigated using stereoscopic particle image velocimetry. For orifice aspect ratios of 6, 12, and 18, the impact of suction on the surrounding flow field appears to be self-similar, scaling with aspect ratio and suction velocity. Changing the orifice pitch angle had almost no impact on the surrounding boundary layer, but, as expected, changing the skew angle significantly altered the extent of the suction impact on the flow field.

Reference:
Van Buren, T., Smits, A., and Amitay, M., "Boundary Layer Suction Through Rectangular Orifices: Effects of Aspect Ration and Orientation."

Experiments in Fluids, 58: 80, doi: 10.107/s00348-017-2359-1, January 2017.