Determination of wall shear stress from velocity profile measurement in the outer part of the boundary layer

1981 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 473-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Kapinos ◽  
A. I. Tarasov
1951 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Donald Ross ◽  
J. M. Robertson

Abstract As an interim solution to the problem of the turbulent boundary layer in an adverse pressure gradient, a super-position method of analysis has been developed. In this method, the velocity profile is considered to be the result of two effects: the wall shear stress and the pressure recovery. These are superimposed, yielding an expression for the velocity profiles which approximate measured distributions. The theory also leads to a more reasonable expression for the wall shear-stress coefficient.


1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Pierce ◽  
B. B. Zimmerman

A method is developed to infer a local wall shear stress from a two-dimensional turbulent boundary layer velocity profile using all near-wall data with the Spalding single formula law of the wall. The method is used to broaden the Clauser chart scheme by providing for the inclusion of data in the laminar sublayer and transition region, as well as the data in the fully turbulent near-wall flow region. For a skewed velocity profile typical of pressure driven three-dimensional turbulent boundary layer flows, the method is extended to infer a wall shear stress for a three-dimensional turbulent boundary layer. Either wall shear stress or shear velocity values are calculated for two different sets of three-dimensional experimental data, with good agreement found between calculated and experimental results.


2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Al Musleh ◽  
Abdelkader Frendi

Delaying the onset of boundary layer transition has become a major research area in the last few years. This delay can be achieved by either active or passive control techniques. In the present paper, the effects of flexible or compliant structures on boundary layer stability and transition is studied. The Orr-Sommerfeld equation coupled to a beam equation representing the flexible structure is solved for a Blasius type boundary layer. A parametric study consisting of the beam thickness and material properties is carried out. In addition, the effect of fluid wall shear stress on boundary layer stability is analyzed. It is found that high density and high Young modulus materials behave like rigid structures and therefore do not alter the stability characteristic of the boundary layer. Whereas low density and low Young modulus materials are found to stabilize the boundary layer. High values of fluid wall shear stress are found to destabilize the boundary layer. Our results are in good agreement with those published in the literature.


1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. McAllister ◽  
F. J. Pierce ◽  
M. H. Tennant

Unique, simultaneous direct measurements of the magnitude and direction of the local wall shear stress in a pressure-driven three-dimensional turbulent boundary layer are presented. The flow is also described with an oil streak wall flow pattern, a map of the wall shear stress-wall pressure gradient orientations, a comparison of the wall shear stress directions relative to the directions of the nearest wall velocity as measured with a typical, small boundary layer directionally sensitive claw probe, as well as limiting wall streamline directions from the oil streak patterns, and a comparison of the freestream streamlines and the wall flow streamlines. A review of corrections for direct force sensing shear meters for two-dimensional flows is presented with a brief discussion of their applicability to three-dimensional devices.


AIAA Journal ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 2432-2434 ◽  
Author(s):  
VICTOR ZAKKAY ◽  
EDGAR ALZNER

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