AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS AND VELOCITY PROFILE ON THE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS OF OBJECTS IMMERSED IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER

Abstract

Pressure distributions were measured on six models in three different boundary layer conditions. Two hemispheres, two semicylinders, and two half bodies of revolution were used in the tests. The range of Reynolds numbers for the hemispheres and semicylinders was form 0.6 x 60,000 to 1.6 x 160,000 (based on diameter and free stream velocity). The boundary layer thicknesses ranged from about one-half to twice the characteristic model dimension. The effect of increasing boundary layer thickness (or momentum thickness) was a reduction in the positive and negative ordinates of the pressure distributions. The pressures on three-dimensional models were approximately the same at a given longitudinal station, although there may have been a small reduction in pressures close to the wall on which the object was mounted. No simple relationship could be found for relating the changes in pressure distribution to changes in velocity profile or boundary layer thickness, however a data correlation was obtained relating the minimum pressure coefficient for a particular boundary layer condition to the minimum pressure coefficient measured in a uniform flow.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0463575

Entities

People

  • Clifford L. Sayre Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Drag
  • Engineering
  • Free Stream
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Model Basins
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Reynolds Number
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.