Skin Friction and Heat Transfer in Turbulent Boundary Layers as Influenced by Roughness

Abstract

The report provides a summary of theoretical and experimental research on turbulent boundary layers under supersonic free stream conditions. The program included investigations of boundary layer behavior at various Mach Numbers for smooth, adiabatic surfaces, various types of surface roughness, and the combined effects of roughness and heat transfer. The experimental program involved velocity profile measurements and the momentum deficit method of calculating skin friction, determinations of local shear stress values, and the utilization of plug-type calorimeters for determinations of heat transfer rates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 17, 1970
Accession Number
AD0734152

Entities

People

  • Milton J. Thompson

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Free Stream
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Incompressible Flow
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Particles
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pipe Flow
  • Prandtl Number
  • Turbulent Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers