An Analytical Study of the Effects of Mass Transfer on a Compressible Turbulent Boundary Layer.

Abstract

Given a Fortran code that solved for the characteristics of a laminar, transitional, and turbulent boundary layer, the problem was to modify the existing program to predict the boundary layer over a flat plate and sharp nosed axisymmetric cone with mass transfer as a boundary condition at the surface of the model. The surface of the model was maintained at a constant temperature, and only the cases in which air was the transferred gas were studied. To solve this problem the boundary layer was described by the standard boundary layer equations for continuity, momentum, and energy. Incorporating mass transfer as a boundary condition, the governing equations underwent the transformation of Probstein-Elliott and Levy-Lees. The resulting equations and boundary conditions were solved by finite differencing techniques for nondimensionalized velocity components and temperature at a finite number of nodes in the boundary layer field of flow.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA034876

Entities

People

  • A. J. Beauregard

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Laminar Flow
  • Mathematical Models
  • Shear Stresses
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.