Flow "reflexion" and " refraction" on perforated wall

Abstract

This article presents some results accumulated by author during investigation of an oblique impact of fluid flow on a wall consisting of a spatially periodic rods of very simple oval cross section. The flowfield in the vicinity of the impact is quite complex and strongly Reynolds -number dependent. A part of the jet downstream from the impact is “reflected” from the wall — while the rest, which passes through the empty spaces between the cascade members, leaves the other wall side in what appears to be “refraction” direction.