Laminar Body Analysis Heat Plus Suction Stabilized.

Abstract

An analytical investigation of the effectiveness of combined surface heating and suction in stabilizing a laminar boundary layer within a region of adverse pressure gradient was carried out. The study is of an applied nature in that two candidate vehicle configurations, which were selected for their widely differing pressure distributions, were utilized as test beds for specific calculations. Numerical boundary layer computations were carried out for each vehicle for various distributions of suction and heating over their surfaces. Results in the form of boundary layer flow and stability characteristics illuminate the relative strengths of the two stabilization techniques taken both individually and in combinations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 22, 1976
Accession Number
ADA040396

Entities

People

  • K. T. Corbett
  • R. S. Scotti

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Control
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Boundary Layer Transition
  • Computations
  • Drag
  • Drag Reduction
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Laminar Boundary Layer
  • Layers
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Test Beds

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.