The H-R subx method for predicting transition
Abstract
A shortcut method, the H-R sub x method, for predicting transition in a wide class of boundary layer flows, including the effects of pressure gradient, surface heat transfer, and suction is described. Here H and R sub x are the body shape factor and the Reynolds number, based on distance x measured in the direction of the flow, respectively. The method is extremely simple to use and a good substitute to the well known but rather complicated to the 9th power method.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981STIN...8125328W
- Keywords:
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- Aerodynamic Configurations;
- Boundary Layer Flow;
- Boundary Layer Transition;
- Prediction Analysis Techniques;
- Reynolds Number;
- Distance;
- Flow Distribution;
- Heat Transfer;
- Pressure Gradients;
- Suction;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer