Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The influence of near isotropic free-stream turbulence on the shape factors and skin friction coefficients of turbulent boundary layers is presented for the cases of zero and mild adverse pressure gradients. With free-stream turbulence, improved fluid mixing occurs in boundary layers with adverse pressure gradients relative to the zero pressure gradient condition, with the same free-stream turbulence intensity and length scale. Stronger boundary layers with lower shape factors occur as a result of a lower ratio of the integral scale of turbulence to the boundary layer thickness, and to vortex stretching of the turbulent eddies in the free-stream, both of which act to improve the transmission of momentum from the free-stream to the boundary layers.
Keywords:
FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
Type:
AIAA PAPER 88-3757
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AIAA, ASME, SIAM, and APS, National Fluid Dynamics Congress; Jul 25, 1988 - Jul 28, 1988; Cincinnati, OH; United States
Format:
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