Accession Number:

AD0271175

Title:

A VISUAL STUDY OF THE FLOW MODEL IN THE LATER STAGES OF LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION ON A FLAT PLATE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• MEYER,K.A.
• KLINE,S.J.

Report Date:

1961-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

A number of aspects of transition from laminar to turbulent flow were investigated on a flat plate with free stream water velocities between .75 feet per second and 1.2 feet per second. The study was primarily visual, using dye techniques, although some measurements were made using a hot film anemometer. Also investigated were the later stages of natural transition. Dye patterns associated with the chain of events leading from laminar to turbulent flow in natural transition were analyzed. Author

Descriptors:

• *LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER
• *TURBULENCE
• AIRCRAFT
• AIRCRAFT TIRES
• ANEMOMETERS
• CONFIGURATIONS
• DEFLECTION
• DYES
• FEASIBILITY STUDIES
• FLUID FLOW
• FRICTION
• FUSELAGES
• GAS FLOW
• HYDRODYNAMICS
• LANDING GEAR
• MEASUREMENT
• MECHANICS
• NONLINEAR SYSTEMS
• OSCILLATION
• RUNWAYS
• SEPARATION
• SHEETS
• SMOKE
• STABILITY
• TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
• WATER
• WEDGES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE