An Experimental Study of the Dynamics of an Unsteady Turbulent Boundary Layer.

Abstract

Turbulent boundary layers with a time-dependent free-stream velocity occur in many fluid dynamic devices. The main objectives of the present work are as follows: to understand the characteristics of a turbulent boundary layer that develops under steady, zero-pressure gradient condition upstream, and is subjected to well-defined and sinusoidally varying adverse free-stream gradient downstream, and to provide a definitive data set that would serve as a test case for evaluating the performance of calculation procedures and turbulence models for such flows. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA124365

Entities

People

  • Pradip Parikh
  • Rangarajan Jayaraman
  • William C. Reynolds

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Standing Waves
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design