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Wood Smoke as a Means of Visualising Boundary Layer Flow at High Reynolds Numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

J. H. Preston  and
N. E. Sweeting
N. E. Sweeting
Affiliation:
Aerodynamics Department, N.P.L.
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Extract

Modern research in experimental aerodynamics is largely concerned with the effects of the boundary layer. Interpretation of experimental results would be greatly assisted by the knowledge of the position and extent of the transition region and of the separation points. Frequently this has to be obtained, and it can only be done by the use of an elaborated technique involving hot-wires or total head creepers with complicated traversing gear, so that the work takes on the character of a major research.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 47 , Issue 387 , March 1943 , pp. 93 - 102
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1943

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