Application of a general boundary layer analysis to turbulent boundary layers subjected to strong favorable pressure gradients
Abstract
Theoretical predictions of turbulent boundary layer development under the influence of strong favorable pressure gradients made using a finite-difference calculation procedure are compared to experimental data. Comparisons are presented for low speed flows with and without wall heat transfer as well as for supersonic flows with adiabatic walls. The turbulence model used is governed by an integral form of the turbulence kinetic energy equation and the results are compared with predictions made using a conventional equilibrium turbulence model based upon Prandtl's mixing length, a Clauser-type eddy viscosity model used by Cebecci and Mosinskis, and a two-equation turbulence energy model of Launder and Jones.
- Publication:
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Pub Date:
- May 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975asme.confQ....K
- Keywords:
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- Aerodynamic Forces;
- Boundary Layer Equations;
- Finite Difference Theory;
- Nozzle Flow;
- Pressure Gradients;
- Turbulent Boundary Layer;
- Adiabatic Conditions;
- Dynamic Models;
- Heat Transfer;
- Kinetic Energy;
- Low Speed Stability;
- Partial Differential Equations;
- Prediction Analysis Techniques;
- Skin Friction;
- Supersonic Nozzles;
- Transition Flow;
- Turbulence Models;
- Wall Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer