Accession Number:

AD0839934

Title:

THE ROLE OF THE TURBULENT VISCOUS SUBLAYER IN THE FORMATION OF SURFACE PATTERNS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO PHILADELPHIA PA MISSILE AND SPACE DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Lew, H. G.
• Li, H.

Report Date:

1968-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

87.0

Abstract:

An analysis of the compressible viscous turbulent sublayer characteristics as related to the formation of cross-hatched surface patterns of re-entry bodies at hypersonic speeds is presented. Detailed velocity and temperature fluctuation fields are obtained considering the turbulent viscous sublayer to be subjected to pressure fluctuations and turbulence in the outer portions of the turbulent boundary layer with mass transfer at the body surface. Three-dimensional velocity fluctuations are considered which is necessary for the formation of surface patterns. The wave angle of the dominant fluctuations is found to be in reasonable agreement with the pattern angle formed on ablated models. The relation of the disturbance wave angle to surface patterns is discussed further by a breakdown mechanism of the sublayer. Effects of compressibility and density fluctuations have been included. The analysis suggests that the sublayer Reynolds number formed from the friction velocity and disturbance wavelengths would be useful for the correlation of experimental data. Author

Descriptors:

• (*REENTRY VEHICLES
• ABLATION)
• (*TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER
• MASS TRANSFER)
• COMPRESSIBLE FLOW
• SURFACES
• VELOCITY
• TEMPERATURE
• THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW
• HYPERSONIC CHARACTERISTICS
• REYNOLDS NUMBER
• PRESSURE
• THEORY

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missiles
• Fluid Mechanics
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE