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Modelling the transitional boundary layer
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Narasimha, R. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | Recent developments in the modelling of the transition zone in the boundary layer are reviewed (the zone being defined as extending from the station where intermittency begins to depart from zero to that where it is nearly unity). The value of using a new non-dimensional spot formation rate parameter, and the importance of allowing for so-called subtransitions within the transition zone, are both stressed. Models do reasonably well in constant pressure 2-dimensional flows, but in the presence of strong pressure gradients further improvements are needed. The linear combination approach works surprisingly well in most cases, but would not be so successful in situations where a purely laminar boundary layer would separate but a transitional one would not. Intermittency-weighted eddy viscosity methods do not predict peak surface parameters well without the introduction of an overshooting transition function whose connection with the spot theory of transition is obscure. Suggestions are made for further work that now appears necessary for developing improved models of the transition zone. |
| File Size | 1191874 |
| Page Count | 30 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910006682 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7qp11p4t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerodynamics Turbulent Flow Laminar Boundary Layer Computational Fluid Dynamics Laminar Flow Tollmien-schlichting Waves Boundary Layer Transition Mathematical Models Eddy Viscosity Intermittency Mach Number Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |