Summary of all cycle II.5 shear and boundary layer measurements, aerodynamics
Abstract
The two measurement systems were used to measure mean velocity and velocity, mass flux, and total temperature fluctuations in the turbulent boundary on the fuselage of a KC-135 aircraft. The boundary layer thickness ranged between about 20 and 30 cm for the range of flight Mach numbers from about 0.25 to 0.85 and Reynolds numbers between 3 and 6 x 10 to the 6th power/m. The adaptation of each system for use in airborne applications is discussed. The data obtained from each system are given and compared with each other and they indicate that the two systems represent viable ones for use in future airborne turbulence experiments.
- Publication:
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In its Proc. of the Aero-Optics Symp. on Electromagnetic Wave Propagation from Aircraft p 459-464 (SEE N80-25588 16-34
- Pub Date:
- April 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980ewpa.proc..459R
- Keywords:
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- Aerodynamics;
- Boundary Layers;
- Shear Layers;
- Velocity Measurement;
- C-135 Aircraft;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Flight Tests;
- Flow Distribution;
- Hot-Wire Anemometers;
- Transonic Flow;
- Wind Tunnel Tests;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer