Application of the Stanton Tube to the Measurement of Wall Shear Stress on a Flat Plate with Polymer Ejection.

Abstract

An experimental investigation was made to determine the effects on drag of injecting aqueous solutions of polyethylene oxide into the turbulent boundary layer of a flat plate. The local mean wall shear stress was measured with a Stanton tube located in the laminar sublayer. Diffusion of the polymer in the boundary layer was also investigated by analysis of fluid samples withdrawn from the flat plate surface. In addition, a related but independent experimental turbulent pipe flow study was undertaken to determine any changes in Stanton tube sensitivity caused by the viscoelasticity of the polymer solutions. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0764896

Entities

People

  • William G. Souders

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aqueous Solutions
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Diffusion
  • Ejection
  • Flow
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Pipe Flow
  • Polymers
  • Shear Stresses
  • Stresses
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.