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Calculation of skin-friction coefficients for low reynolds number turbulent boundary layer flows. m.s. thesis - california univ. at davis
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Barr, P. K. |
| Copyright Year | 1980 |
| Description | An analysis is presented of the reliability of various generally accepted empirical expressions for the prediction of the skin-friction coefficient C/sub f/ of turbulent boundary layers at low Reynolds numbers in zero-pressure-gradient flows on a smooth flat plate. The skin-friction coefficients predicted from these expressions were compared to the skin-friction coefficients of experimental profiles that were determined from a graphical method formulated from the law of the wall. These expressions are found to predict values that are consistently different than those obtained from the graphical method over the range 600 Re/sub theta 2000. A curve-fitted empirical relationship was developed from the present data and yields a better estimated value of C/sub f/ in this range. The data, covering the range 200 Re/sub theta 7000, provide insight into the nature of transitional flows. They show that fully developed turbulent boundary layers occur at Reynolds numbers Re/sub theta/ down to 425. Below this level there appears to be a well-ordered evolutionary process from the laminar to the turbulent profiles. These profiles clearly display the development of the turbulent core region and the shrinking of the laminar sublayer with increasing values of Re/sub theta/. |
| File Size | 2806769 |
| Page Count | 80 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19800017127 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t73v4cv2h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1980-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer Turbulent Boundary Layer Turbulent Flow Skin Friction Laminar Flow Pressure Gradients Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Thesis |
