Effect of pressure gradient on MHD boundary layer over a flat plate

1995 ◽  
Vol 113 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sam Lawrence ◽  
B. Nageswara Rao
1951 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.D. Young ◽  
T.B. Booth

SummaryA method is developed for calculating the profile drag of a yawed wing of infinite span, based on the assumption that the form of the spanwise distribution of velocity in the boundary layer, whether laminar or turbulent, is insensitive to the chordwise pressure distribution. The form is assumed to be the same as that accepted for the boundary layer on an unyawed plate with zero external pressure gradient. Experimental evidence indicates that these assumptions are reasonable in this context. The method is applied to a flat plate and the N.A.C.A. 64-012 section at zero incidence for a range of Reynolds numbers between 106 and 108, angles of yaw up to 45°, and a range of transition point positions. It is shown that the drag coefficients of a flat plate varies with yaw as cos½ Λ (where Λ is the angle of yaw) if the boundary layer is completely laminar, and it varies as if the boundary layer is completely turbulent. The drag coefficient of the N.A.C.A. 64-012 section, however, varies closely as cos½ Λ for transition point positions between 0 and 0.5 c. Further calculations on wing sections of other shapes and thicknesses and more detailed experimental checks of the basic assumptions at higher Reynolds numbers are desirable.


2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 542-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anupam Dewan ◽  
Jaywant H. Arakeri

The intermittency profile in the turbulent flat-plate zero pressure-gradient boundary-layer and a thick axisymmetric boundary-layer has been computed using the Reynolds-averaged k−ε−γ model, where k denotes turbulent kinetic energy, ε its rate of dissipation, and γ intermittency. The Reynolds-averaged model is simpler compared to the conditional model used in the literature. The dissipation equation of the Reynolds-averaged model is modified to account for the effect of entrainment. It has been shown that the model correctly predicts the observed intermittency of the flows. [S0098-2202(00)02403-2]


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