A BOUNDARY LAYER STUDY ON HYPERSONIC NOZZLES.

Abstract

An experimental investigation was made to determine the structure and integrated properties of turbulent boundary layers in hypersonic nozzles, at Mach numbers between 10 and 12. It is concluded that the 1/7-power velocity profile does not agree with the experimental data in this Mach number range. However, a velocity profile based on the Crocco energy relations agrees well with the data as does the corresponding temperature profile, except at the point of maximum temperature. The semi-empirical relationships for boundary layer thickness and displacement thickness, proposed by Burke are strongly supported by the experimental data of this study. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0833236

Entities

People

  • Paul Joseph Shall Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Displacement
  • Experimental Data
  • Hypersonic Nozzles
  • Layers
  • Mach Number
  • Motion
  • Nozzles
  • Physical Properties
  • Thickness
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow