Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Results on Turbulent Boundary Layers

Abstract

This report describes the results of analytical, numerical, and experimental investigations of incompressible and compressible boundary layers. The subjects considered are (1) Laminar and/or turbulent numerical boundary-layer calculations in which the Reynolds stress is related to the turbulent kinetic energy; (2) an analytical investigation of turbulence near a wall which is not founded on classical mixing-length theory; (3) analytical solutions for relating velocity and temperature throughout turbulent boundary layers for nonunity Prandtl numbers; (4) a description of the data reduction of pitot pressure measurements utilizing these analytical results, and (5) the application of the numerical and analytical results to the analysis of turbulent boundary-layer measurements made in the Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility (PWT).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA027588

Entities

People

  • David L. Whitfield

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Transition
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shear Stresses
  • Skin Friction
  • Test Facilities
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.