Experimental Study of Nozzle Wall Boundary Layers at Mach Numbers 20 to 47

Experimental Study of Nozzle Wall Boundary Layers at Mach Numbers 20 to 47
Author: Joseph H. Kemp
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1972
Genre: Aerodynamics, Hypersonic
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The nozzle wall boundary layer of an M-50 helium tunnel was investigated with pitot pressure, total temperature, skin friction, and wall heat transfer measurements at five stations and hot wire measurements at two stations. The results indicated that the boundary layer was turbulent with a thick viscous sublayer. Pressure gradients were observed across the boundary layer; the effect of these gradients on the equations of motion are discussed. The direct skin friction measurements were higher than expected from empirical predictions; the Reynolds analogy factors however were lower than expected. Hot wire measurements indicated mass flow fluctuations as large as 80 percent of the local mean mass flow at the edge of the viscous sublayer with a maximum value relative to the edge mass flow of about 15 percent at gamma about equal to 0.8.

NASA Technical Paper

NASA Technical Paper
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 802
Release: 1978
Genre: Aeronautics
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