The H-R sub X Method for Predicting Transition,

Abstract

This paper gives a brief description of a shortcut method, the H-R sub x method, for predicting transition in a wide class of boundary layer flows, including the effects of pressure gradient, surface heat transfer and suction. Here H and R sub x are the body shape factor and the Reynolds number, based on distance x measured in the direction of the flow, respectively. The method is extremely simple to use and a good substitute to the well known but rather complicated e to the 9th method.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103320

Entities

People

  • A. M. O. Smith
  • A. R. Wazzan
  • C. Gazley Jr.

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplification
  • Bodies
  • Bodies Of Revolution
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • California
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Free Stream
  • Heat Transfer
  • Layers
  • Mass Transfer
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Reynolds Number
  • Shear Stresses
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Regression Analysis.