AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE VELOCITY AND TEMPERATURE PROFILES IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER ABOVE AN UNSTABLE EVAPORATING FILM OF LIQUID UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A MOVING STREAM OF HOT GAS

Abstract

The thesis presents the results of measurements above an unstable evaporating film of water. Entrained liquid as droplets was present in the boundary layer. The measurements were made at one liquid flow rate at the following gas flow conditions: Total temperature - 980R, Total pressure - 250 psia, Gas velocity - 100 ft/sec, Axial static pressure gradient - less than 0.02 psi/ft. Photographs taken at 3 microsec were obtained of the interfacial structure of the liquid film. The temperature of the film was also measured. The experiments were conducted in a tunnel with a rectangular cross section 1 1/ 2 in. x 4 in. and 22 in. long, onto one side of which was injected the liquid as a film. Measurements in the boundary layer were carried out for both wet and dry walls.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0645214

Entities

People

  • C. F. Warner
  • Donald L. Crabtree

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Boundary Layer
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Gas Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Incompressible Flow
  • Mass Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.