Experiences With a Simple Skin Friction Balance Design

Abstract

The Flight Dynamics Laboratory is engaged in compressible boundary layer research in our M=3 and M=6 High Reynolds Number Facilities (HRNF). A good direct reading skin friction balance is required to accurately define the shearing stresses on smooth and rough surfaces and for development of indirect measurement techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA377273

Entities

People

  • E. L. White

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Boundary Layer
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Friction
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Research Facilities
  • Reynolds Number
  • Skin Friction
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.