The Flow About a Slender Propellor-Driven Body in a Temperature Stratified Fluid

Abstract

An experimental study of the turbulent wake produced by a stern- propellor-driven body in a temperature-stratified fluid is presented. The velocity and thermal boundary layers on the body upstream of the propellor are also examined. Mean flow velocities, static pressure, flow angularity and mean temperature distributions are reported at five downstream stations, Z/D = 0.33, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0. Turbulence data including temperature fluctuations are reported at Z/D = 0.33 and Z/D = 4.0.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA040847

Entities

People

  • J. A. Schetz
  • T. F. Swean Jr.

Organizations

  • Virginia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Free Stream
  • Hot Wire
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shear Stresses
  • Static Pressure
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics