A Brief Investigation of the Two-Dimensionality of the Flow over an Aerofoil in the RAE 8ft x 6ft Transonic Wind Tunnel.

Abstract

Oilflow on the surface and pitot pressure measurements in the wake of a 0.762m chord aerofoil in the RAE 8ft x 6ft tunnel indicate that there is no significant spanwise convergence or divergence of the flow within the boundary layer and wake of the model. The measurements were made at subsonic conditions where no regions of separated flow existed on the model, but where significant subsonic drag creep had previously been measured. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA088849

Entities

People

  • M. A. Mcdonald
  • P. H. Cook

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airfoils
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Convergence
  • Flow
  • Foreign Languages
  • Free Stream
  • Language
  • Layers
  • Leading Edges
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Transonic Wind Tunnels
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.