Accession Number:

AD0623460

Title:

EFFECT OF MACH NUMBER ON STREAMWISE VORTICES IN LAMINAR REATTACHING FLOWS.

Descriptive Note:

Technical note,

Corporate Author:

VON KARMAN INST FOR FLUID DYNAMICS RHODE-SAINT-GENESE (BELGIUM)

Personal Author(s):

• Ginoux,Jean J.

Report Date:

1965-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

An experimental investigation was made in various supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnels to determine the effect of Mach number on the existence of streamwise vortices in the reattachment region of the flow over twodimensional backward facing steps. It was found that the phenomenon previously observed at M 2.21 remained unchanged over a Mach number range of 1.5 to 7.0. The ratio of the wave length of the vortices to the boundary layer thickness at separation varied slightly with free stream Mach number, with a maximum at about M 3. Author

Descriptors:

• (*VORTICES
• VELOCITY)
• (*LAMINAR FLOW
• VORTICES)
• TWO DIMENSIONAL FLOW
• WIND TUNNELS
• SUPERSONIC FLOW
• HYPERSONIC FLOW
• BOUNDARY LAYER
• THICKNESS
• MODEL TESTS
• BELGIUM

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE