Dynamical mode decomposition of Gurney flap wake flow

Thepresentworkusesdynamicmodedecomposition(DMD)toanalyzewakeflowofNACA0015airfoilwithGurneyflap.ThephysicsofDMDisfirstintroduced.ThenthePIV-measuredwakeflowvelocityfieldisdecomposedintodynamicalmodes.Thevortexsheddingpatternbehindthetrailingedgeanditshigh-orderharmonicshavebeencapturedwithabundantinformationsuchasfrequency,wavelengthandconvectionspeed.Itisobservedthathigh-orderdynamicmodesconvectfasterthanlow-ordermodes;moreoverthewavel...