Controlling the Separation of Laminar Boundary Layers in Water: Heating and Suction

Abstract

The effects of suction on the delay of separation are well known-- analyses, computations, and measurements over the past seventy years have shown that laminar separation can be delayed almost indefinitely, if the additional complexities and costs of suction are tolerable. However, the effects of surface heating on delay of separation are less well known--there are no measurements available, and there are no directly applicable analyses or computations. To fill this gap, an analysis of the minimum surface overheat that will delay separation for a prescribed adverse pressure gradient in water.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA020026

Entities

People

  • J. Aroesty
  • S. A. Berger

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Laminar Boundary Layer
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Momentum
  • Prandtl Number
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Reynolds Number
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Viscosity

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