Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Flight boundary-layer transition experiments were conducted on a 30 degree swept wing with a perforated leading-edge suction panel. The transition location on the panel was changed by systematically varying the location and amount of suction. Transition from laminar to turbulent flow was due to leading-edge turbulence contamination or crossflow disturbance growth and/or Tollmien-Schlichting disturbance growth, depending on flight condition and suction variation. Amplification factor correlations with transition location were made for various suction configurations using a state-of-the-art linear stability theory which accounts for body and streamline curvature and compressibility.
Keywords:
Aircraft Design, Testing and Performance
Type:
IUTAM Third Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition; Sep 11, 1989 - Sep 15, 1989; Toulouse; France
Format:
application/pdf
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