Fundamental Aspects of the Structure of Supersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers.

Abstract

This three-year contract originally had two tasks: to investigate the structure of flat plate supersonic turbulent boundary layers (Task A), and to investigate longitudinal curvature effects in turbulent boundary layers (Task B). As a result of the work performed under these task headings, we identified a need to study the structure of simple, wall-bounded vortex loops. This investigation (Task C) commenced in the third year, and we feel that it has made a major contribution to our understanding of the ensemble-averaged structure of low and high speed turbulent boundary layers. The progress reported here is that achieved in completing these three tasks. Keywords: Turbulent flow; Eddies(Fluid mechanics); Flow visualization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 21, 1988
Accession Number
ADA191494

Entities

People

  • A. J. Smits

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hot Wire
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Reynolds Number
  • Shear Stresses
  • Shock Waves
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers