Investigation on turbulent characteristic of crossflow under suction in a T-junction using Holo-Hilbert spectral analysis

Abstract

To investigate the crossflow of ventilation in high-speed train, a T-junction experimental setup is built and velocity data of crossflow under different conditions and positions are measured. Specifically, the conditions include the different velocities of crossflow and different intensities of suction, and the positions include upstream, mid-centre, and downstream. To give full information of the crossflow characteristics, the Holo-Hilbert spectral analysis (HHSA) method is used to analyse these velocity data. The results show that the components of frequency modulation (FM) and amplitude modulation (AM) can be found in the crossflow suffered from the suction. Furthermore, there exists an obvious difference between the crossflow with and without vanes. The crossflow without vanes has more components of FM modulation and AM modulation with high frequency. The increase of the velocity and velocity ratio both can influence the turbulent characteristics of crossflow, which presents high energy with a higher frequency of AM and FM. The crossflow at the upstream and the downstream has similar components presented in the AM–FM spectrum, while the crossflow at the mid-centre has more high-frequency components. In addition, the turbulent intensity at the mid-centre is inversely proportional to the distance from the suction.