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Accession Number:
AD0918999
Title:
Measurements of the Drag of Some Characteristic Aircraft Excrescences Immersed in Turbulent Boundary Layers
Descriptive Note:
Technical memo.
Corporate Author:
ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT FARNBOROUGH (UNITED KINGDOM)
Report Date:
1973-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
62.0
Abstract:
Measurements are described of the drag of various forms of excrescence mounted on balances installed in the walls of the working section of the RAE 8 ft x 8 ft wind tunnel. The tests cover a range of Mach numbers between 0.2 and 2.8 but not transonic and a range of Reynolds number. The excrescences tested include two-dimensional steps and ridges, circular cylinders and wings mounted normal to the surface, and holes and fairings. It is shown, for excrescences which are of height small compared with the boundary-layer thickness, that the scale effects on drag are well correlated in terms of the wall variables of the turbulent boundary layer, but that there is a dependence of drag on Mach number. For steps and ridges the effect of chamfering or rounding the upper corners was found to be beneficial at subsonic speeds but far less so at supersonic speeds. For circular holes the drag depends strongly upon the depth to diameter ratio. In an Appendix the oil-flow patterns obtained for a range of depth of circular holes are shown. The fairings tested were either half-bodies of revolution with pointed or rounded ends or of square or rectangular section with pointed ends. The effects of different amounts of immersion of the bodies into the boundary layer were found in some cases by testing geometrically similar bodies of different sizes.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
