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Free-stream turbulence and concave curvature effects on heated, transitional boundary layers
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kim, J. Simon, T. W. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | An experimental investigation of the transition process on flat-plate and concave curved-wall boundary layers for various free-stream turbulence levels was performed. Results show that for transition of a flat-plate, the two forms of boundary layer behavior, identified as laminar-like and turbulent-like, cannot be thought of as separate Blasius and fully-turbulent profiles, respectively. Thus, simple transition models in which the desired quantity is assumed to be an average, weighted on intermittency, of the theoretical laminar and fully turbulent values is not expected to be successful. Deviation of the flow identified as laminar-like from theoretical laminar behavior is shown to be due to recovery after the passage of a turbulent spot, while deviation of the flow identified as turbulent-like from the full-turbulent values is thought to be due to incomplete establishment of the fully-turbulent power spectral distribution. Turbulent Prandtl numbers for the transitional flow, computed from measured shear stress, turbulent heat flux and mean velocity and temperature profiles, were less than unity. For the curved-wall case with low free-stream turbulence intensity, the existence of Gortler vortices on the concave wall within both laminar and turbulent flows was established using liquid crystal visualization and spanwise velocity and temperature traverses. Transition was found to occur via a vortex breakdown mode. The vortex wavelength was quite irregular in both the laminar and turbulent flows, but the vortices were stable in time and space. The upwash was found to be more unstable, with higher levels of u' and u'v', and lower skin friction coefficients and shape factors. Turbulent Prandtl numbers, measured using a triple-wire probe, were found to be near unity for all post-transitional profiles, indicating no gross violation of Reynolds analogy. No evidence of streamwise vortices was seen in the high turbulence intensity case. |
| File Size | 6963118 |
| Page Count | 286 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910018188 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4hn04v7b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer Turbulence Turbulent Flow Stability Turbulent Heat Transfer Computational Fluid Dynamics Skin Friction Vortex Breakdown Velocity Distribution Temperature Profiles Computer Programs Coefficient of Friction Analogies Vortices Upwash Turbulence Effects Shapes Free Flow Curvature Walls Boundary Layers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
