Wall Temperature and Prandtl Number Effects on Turbulent Boundary Layer Thicknesses and Shape Factors for Subsonic Compressible Gas Flow Over a Flat Plate

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Kelnhofer
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Density Variation ◽  
Shape Factors ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Subsonic Gas Flow

Based on n-power velocity and temperature profiles a method of computing various turbulent boundary layer thicknesses and shape factors affected by wall temperature and Prandtl number for fully developed subsonic gas flow over a flat plate is presented. Density variation in the boundary layer is given main consideration. Numerical computations include both heating and cooling of gas. Boundary layer thicknesses and shape factors are shown to be significantly affected by wall temperature and to a lesser degree by Prandtl number. An experiment is described which involved air flow up to 30 m/sec over a flat plate maintained at constant wall temperatures up to 250 C. Comparisons between theory and experiment are good.

Wall Temperature and Prandtl Number Effects on Turbulent Boundary Layer Thicknesses and Shape Factors for Subsonic Compressible Gas Flow Over a Flat Plate

1969 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-289
Author(s):  
W. J. Kelnhofer
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Density Variation ◽  
Shape Factors ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Subsonic Gas Flow

Based on n-power velocity and temperature profiles a method of computing various turbulent boundary layer thicknesses and shape factors affected by wall temperature and Prandtl number for fully developed subsonic gas flow over a flat plate is presented. Density variation in the boundary layer is given main consideration. Numerical computations include both heating and cooling of the gas. Boundary layer thicknesses and shape factors are shown to be significantly affected by wall temperature and to a lesser degree by Prandtl number. An experiment is described which involved air flow up to 30 m/sec over a flat plate maintained at constant wall temperatures up to 250 C. Comparisons between theory and experiment are good.

Paradoxes of Heat Transfer on a Permeable Wall

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Leontiev ◽  
V. G. Lushchik ◽  
A. E. Yakubenko
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Gas Mixtures ◽  
Permeable Wall ◽  
Gas Temperature

Numerical modeling of a turbulent boundary layer on a permeable wall with gas injection is performed. New effects are discovered. It is shown in particular that the wall temperature in the region of the gas film may be lower than the injected gas temperature. This effect is especially essential for gas mixtures with low values of the Prandtl number.

A Simple Theory for the Two-Dimensional Compressible Turbulent Boundary Layer

1972 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 636-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. M. White ◽  
G. H. Christoph
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Plate Theory ◽  
Momentum Equation ◽  
Shape Factors ◽  
Law Of The Wall ◽  
Compressible Turbulent Flow ◽  
New Equation

A new approach is proposed for analyzing the compressible turbulent boundary layer with arbitrary pressure gradient. Utilizing a compressible law-of-the-wall and a Crocco energy approximation, the new theory integrates the momentum equation across the boundary layer in terms of inner variables only. The result is a single first-order ordinary differential equation for skin friction, devoid of integral thicknesses and shape factors. When analyzed for flat plate flow, this new equation has an exact solution apparently superior in accuracy to any other flat plate theory (Table 1). The new equation also agrees well with supersonic skin friction data in both favorable and adverse pressure gradients. The new theory contains an explicit separation criterion and is the simplest and possibly most accurate existing analysis for compressible turbulent flow.

scholarly journals Direct Numerical Simulation on Mach Number and Wall Temperature Effects in the Turbulent Flows of Flat-Plate Boundary Layer

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Liang ◽  
Xinliang Li
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Mach Number ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Direct Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Reynolds Analogy

AbstractIn this paper, direct numerical simulation (DNS) is presented for spatially evolving turbulent boundary layer over an isothermal flat-plate atMa∞= 2.25,5,6,8. WhenMa∞= 8, two cases with the ratio of wall-to-reference temperatureTω/T∞= 1.9 and 10.03 are considered respectively. The wall temperature approaches recovery temperatures for other cases. The characteristics of compressible turbulent boundary layer (CTBL) affected by freestream Mach number and wall temperature are investigated. It focuses on assessing compressibility effects and the validity of Morkovin's hypothesis through computing and analyzing the mean velocity profile, turbulent intensity, the strong Reynolds analogy (SRA) and possibility density function of dilatation term. The results show that, when the wall temperature approaches recovery temperature, the effects of Mach number on compressibility is insignificant. As a result, the compressibility effect is very weak and the Morkovin's hypothesis is still valid for Mach number even up to 8. However, when Mach number equal to 8, the wall temperature effect on the compressibility is sensitive. In this case, whenTω/T∞= 1.9, the Morkovin's hypothesis is not fully valid. The validity of classical SRA depends on wall temperature directly. A new modified SRA is proposed to eliminate such negative factor in near wall region. Finally the effects of Mach number and wall temperature on streaks are also studied.

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