Investigating the effects of non-adiabatic walls on shock/boundary-layer interaction at low reynolds number using direct numerical simulations
Direct numerical simulations are employed to investigate the flow properties of a shock wave interacting with a turbulent boundary layer at free-stream Mach number M∞ = 2.28 with distinct wall thermal conditions. Adiabatic, heating and cooling wall conditions are considered for a wide range of deflection angles. While heating contributes to increase the extent of the interaction zone, wall cooling turns out to be a good candidate for flow control. The distribution of the Stanton number shows a good agreement with prior experimental studies and confirms the strong heat transfer and complex pattern within the interaction region. Numerical results indicate that the changes in the interaction length due to the wall thermal condition are mainly linked to the incoming boundary layer, which is in agreement with previous experimental studies.