Laminar-Turbulent Transition in High-Speed Compressible Boundary Layers with Curvature: Non-Zero Angle of Attack Experiments

Laminar-Turbulent Transition in High-Speed Compressible Boundary Layers with Curvature: Non-Zero Angle of Attack Experiments
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Release: 1997
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This grant supported the work of two additional graduate students in the area of high speed boundary layer transition. The non-zero angle of attack measurements were delayed, to reduce the risk of damaging the model, currently in use at zero angle of attack (AOA). Instead, a high sensitivity laser differential interferometer is being developed, for non-intrusive high bandwidth measurements of instability waves. Work towards the larger wind tunnel discussed in the proposal was also advanced, through measurements of the effect of elevated driver tube temperatures on the extent of quiet flow. Apparatus for placement of the elliptic cone at a 3-degree AOA has been designed; these measurements will commence on completion of the zero AOA measurements, late in 1997.

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Total Pages: 620
Release: 1945
Genre: Aeronautics
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Elements of Transitional Boundary-Layer Flowlements

Elements of Transitional Boundary-Layer Flowlements
Author: Robert Edward Mayle
Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2018
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3832545980

Second Enhanced Edition Suitable for advanced-level courses or an independent study in fluid mechanics, this text by an expert in the field provides the basic aspects of laminar-to-turbulent flow transition in boundary layers. Logically organized into three major parts, the book covers pre- and post-transitional flow, transitional flow, and several advanced topics in periodically disturbed transitional flow. Some of the subjects covered within the book include high-frequency unsteady laminar flow, turbulent flow, natural transition, bypass transition, turbulent spot theory, turbulent spot kinematics and production, correlations for the onset and rate of transition, global and conditional averaging, transitional flow models, wakeinduced transition, multimode transition, and separated-flow transition. Containing some 202 figures (all drawn by the author), 28 tables, 12 appendices, a supplement on tensors, and an extensive bibliography, the 415 page book provides a wealth of data and information about the subject.

Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layers

Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layers
Author: Tuncer Cebeci
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0323151051

Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layers focuses on turbulent flows meeting the requirements for the boundary-layer or thin-shear-layer approximations. Its approach is devising relatively fundamental, and often subtle, empirical engineering correlations, which are then introduced into various forms of describing equations for final solution. After introducing the topic on turbulence, the book examines the conservation equations for compressible turbulent flows, boundary-layer equations, and general behavior of turbulent boundary layers. The latter chapters describe the CS method for calculating two-dimensional and axisymmetric laminar and turbulent boundary layers. This book will be useful to readers who have advanced knowledge in fluid mechanics, especially to engineers who study the important problems of design.

Numerical Solution of the Equations for Compressible Laminar, Transitional, and Turbulent Boundary Layers and Comparisons with Experimental Data

Numerical Solution of the Equations for Compressible Laminar, Transitional, and Turbulent Boundary Layers and Comparisons with Experimental Data
Author: Julius E. Harris
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Total Pages: 92
Release: 1971
Genre: Aerodynamics, Hypersonic
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A numerical method for solving the equations for laminar, transitional, and turbulent compressible boundary layers for either planar or axisymmetric flows is presented. The fully developed turbulent region is treated by replacing the Reynolds stress terms with an eddy viscosity model. The mean properties of the transitional boundary layer are calculated by multiplying the eddy viscosity by an intermittency function based on the statistical production and growth of the turbulent spots. A specifiable turbulent Prandtl number relates the turbulent flux of heat to the eddy viscosity. A three-point implicit finite-difference scheme is used to solve the system of equations. The momentum and energy equations are solved simultaneously without iteration. Numerous test cases are compared with experimental data for supersonic and hypersonic flows; these cases include flows with both favorable and mildly unfavorable pressure gradient histories, mass flux at the wall, and traverse curvature.