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Measurements in the turbulent boundary layer on an ‘infinite’ swept wing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

P. Bradshaw  and
N. S. Pontikos
P. Bradshaw
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College, London SW7 2BY, England
N. S. Pontikos
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College, London SW7 2BY, England
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Abstract

The results are presented of turbulence measurements on an ‘infinite’ swept wing, simulated by a duct attached to a blower tunnel. The configuration is close to that used at the Netherlands NLR except that the boundary layer does not quite separate. The measurements include triple products, and a balance of the transport equation for turbulent energy is presented. The results confirm the NLR finding of a significant decrease in the magnitude of shear stress compared with an equivalent two-dimensional boundary layer: this is evidently the effect of crossflow on large eddies that have initially developed in a two-dimensional boundary layer. This unexpected effect of three-dimensionality is at least as important in prediction of real-life flows as the better-known lag between the direction of the shear stress and that of the mean-velocity gradient. Tentative suggestions for modelling the reduction in shear-stress magnitude are advanced.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 159 , October 1985 , pp. 105 - 130
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© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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