A Study of the Structure of the Turbulent Boundary Layer with and Without Longitudinal Pressure Gradients

Download or read book A Study of the Structure of the Turbulent Boundary Layer with and Without Longitudinal Pressure Gradients written by F. A. Schraub and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The existence of three regions of the turbulent boundary layer, each correlating with a distinct part of the non-dimensional mean velocity profile, was confirmed; these are: (a) wake or intermittent region (b) fully turbulent region (c) wall layer region. Details of the flow structure of these regions were further verified using a new hot-wire anemometer and an improved combined-time-streak marker hydrogen-bubble technique. Instantaneous spanwise velocity profiles over a large extent of the flow at many fixed y-positions across the layer were obtained. The study of the flow structure was extended to include both positive and negative pressure gradient flows, including a relaminarization flow. The hot-wire anemometer provided a means of obtaining detailed mean velocity profiles well within the sublayer region. The hydrogen-bubble combined-time streak marker visualization technique was shown to be a useful tool for quantitative measurement of time-dependent velocity fields. (Author).