Effect of sandpaper roughness and stream turbulence on the laminar layer and its transition

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1001, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Gibbings, J C ^a   Al Shukri, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EFFECTS; LAMINAR FLOW; PIPE FLOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

FREESTREAM FLOW; NIKURADSE SAND GRAIN HEIGHT; PROFILE SHAPE FACTOR; SANDPAPER ROUGHNESS; THICKNESS FACTOR;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0030737037     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0001924000066811     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. GIBBINGS, J.C. and AL-SHUKRI, S.M. Characterisation of sandpaper roughness under a turbulent incompressible boundary layer, Aeronaut J, June/July 1996, 100, (996), pp 235-239.
2. GIBBINGS, J.C. On boundary layer transition wires, Brit Aeronaut Res Council, Cur Pap No 462, 1959.
3. GIBBINGS, J.C., GOKSEL, O.T. and HALL, D.J. The influence of roughness trips upon boundary layer transition, Pts 1, 2, 3, Aeronaut J, 1986, 90, (898, 899 and 900), pp 289-301, 357-367 and 393-398.
4. ABU-GHANNAM, B.J. Boundary Layer Transition in Relation to Turbomachinery Blades, PhD thesis, University of Liverpool, 1979.
5. AL-SHUKRI, S.M. The Effect of Sandpaper-Type Roughness on Boundary Layer Transition for Turbomachinery Blades, PhD thesis, University of Liverpool, 1983.
6. GOLDSTEIN, S. Modern Developments in Fluid Dynamics, Oxford, 1938 (Dover, 1965).
7. GIBBINGS, J.C. A generalised iteration method for deriving multiple regression curves of non-linear functions, J Appl Statistics, 1993, 20, (1), pp 57-67.
8. NIKURADSE, J. Gesetzmassigkeiten der turbulenten Strömung in glatten rohren, Förschungsheft 356, Ver deutsh Ing, 1932:
9. NIKURADSE, J. Strömungsgesetze in rauhen rohren, Förschungsheft 361, Ver deutsh Ing, 1933.
10. HALL, D.J. and GIBBINGS, J.C. Influence of stream turbulence and pressure gradient upon boundary layer transition, J Mech Eng Sci, 1972, 14, (2), pp 134-146.
11. FIENDT, E.G. Investigation on the dependence of laminar-turbulent-transition on surface roughness and pressure gradient, Schiffbautecnischen geselsohaft Jahrbuch, 1956, 50.
12. EVANS, B.J. Effect of Freestream Turbulence on Blade Performance in a Compressor Cascade, PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, 1971.
13. HISLOP, G.S. The Transition of a Laminar Boundary Layer in a Windtunnel, PhD thesis. University of Cambridge, 1940.
14. MAYLE, R.E. The role of laminar-turbulent transition in gas turbine engines, ASME J Turbomac, October 1991, 113, pp 509-537.
15. ABU-GHANNAM, B.J. and SHAW, R. Natural transition of boundary layers - the effects of turbulence, pressure gradient and flow history, J Mech Eng Sci, 1980, 22, (5), pp 213-228.
16. RILEY, S. Three-Dimensional Boundary Layer Transition, PhD thesis, University of Liverpool, September 1985.
17. MADADNIA, J. Experimental Study of Stability and Transition of Boundary Layer Flow, PhD thesis, University of Liverpool, 1989.
18. DHAWAN, S. and NARASIMHA, R. Some properties of boundary layer flow during transition from laminar to turbulent motion, J Fluid Mech, 1958, 3, pp 418-436.
19. WINTER, K.W. An outline of the techniques available for the measurement of skin friction in turbulent boundary layers, Prg Aerospace Sci, 1977, 18, pp 1-37.
20. MABEY, D.G. and GAUDET, L. Some applications of small skin friction balances at supersonic speeds, J Aircr, 1975, 12, (10), pp 819-825.
21. COLES, D.E. The Turbulent Boundary Layer in a Compressible Fluid, Rand Corp. Rep R-403-PR, USA, September 1962.
22. PRESTON, J.H. The determination of turbulent skin friction by means of pitot tubes, J RAeS, 1954, 58, pp 109-121.
23. GIBBINGS, J.C., MADADNIA, J., RILEY, S. and YOUSIF, A.M. The proximity probe for measuring surface shear in air flows. Flow Meas Instrum, 1995, 6, (3), pp 201-206.
24. PRESTON, J.H. The minimum Reynolds number for a turbulent boundary layer and the selection of a transition device, J Fluid Mech, 1958, 3, pp 373-384.