Hot-Wire Measurements of Velocity and Temperature Fluctuations in a Heated Turbulent Boundary Layer.

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a multi-element hot-wire anemometry system designed to measure a wide variety of fluctuating velocity and temperature quantities in non-isothermal boundary layer flows. Descriptions of the design and evaluation of the multi-element probes and the analog-digital data recording and analysis system are included. Special features of this system were: (1) that the hot-wire probes employed sensors of reasonably practical size (2.5 microns dia.); and (2) that only standard, commercially available constant-temperature anemometers were utilized. Sample data, including Reynolds stress and turbulent Prandtl number distributions, demonstrate that boundary layer turbulence statistics were measured accurately with this system. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA135212

Entities

People

  • J. C. Bennett

Organizations

  • United Technologies Research Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Digital Data
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hot Wire
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Prandtl Number
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • Wire

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.