A parametric study investigates the effects of wall shear on a two-dimensional turbulent boundary layer. A belt translating along the direction of the flow imparts the shear. Velocity measurements are performed at 12 streamwise locations with four surface-to-freestream velocity ratios (0, 0.38, 0.52, and 0.65) and a momentum-based Reynolds number between 770 and 1776. The velocity data indicate that the location of the “virtual origin” of the turbulent boundary layer “moves” downstream toward the trailing edge of the belt with increasing surface velocity. The highest belt velocity ratio (0.65) results in the removal of the “inner” region of the boundary layer. Measurements of the streamwise turbulent kinetic energy show an inner scaling at locations upstream and downstream of the belt, and the formation of a new self-similar structure on the moving surface itself. Good agreement is observed for the variation in the shape factor $(H)$ and the skin friction coefficient $(cf)$ with the previous studies. The distribution of the energy spectrum downstream of the belt indicates peak values concentrated around 1 kHz for the stationary belt case in the near wall region $(30. However, with increasing belt velocity, this central peak plateaus over a wide frequency range (0.9–4 kHz).

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