A Robust Scheme for Control of Skin Friction and Heat Transfer in Turbulent Boundary Layers via New Instability Mechanism

Naturally turbulent boundary layers on a cooled flat plate have been investigated at several distances from the leading edge of the plate at a Mach number of 5.2 for three rates of steady-state heat transfer to the surface. Measurements of Pitot and static pressures and of total and wall temperatures made it possible to compute velocity profiles, static-temperature profiles, and boundary-layer parameters without resorting to assumptions. The data demonstrate that the Reynolds analogy between skin friction and heat transfer is valid for all conditions of the present experiments. With increasing rate of heat transfer to the surface, the skin-friction coefficient was found to decrease, a phenomenon opposite to that predicted by theories and empirical relations. On the basis of the present data and other published results of compressible and incompressible turbulent boundary-layer skin friction, a simple relation was devised which describes closely the variation of the skin-friction coefficient with Mach number, heat-transfer rate, and momentum-thickness Reynolds number.

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Roughness element shape effects on heat transfer and skin friction in rough-wall turbulent boundary layers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ◽

10.1016/0017-9310(93)80074-5 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 147-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

M.H. Hosni ◽

Hugh W. Coleman ◽

James W. Garner ◽

Robert P. Taylor

Keyword(s):

Heat Transfer ◽

Skin Friction ◽

Boundary Layers ◽

Roughness Element ◽

Turbulent Boundary Layers ◽

Rough Wall ◽

Shape Effects ◽

Element Shape

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Supersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers: Some Comparisons Between Experiment and a Simple Theory

Aeronautical Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0001925900007599 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 87-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

J L Stollery

Keyword(s):

Heat Transfer ◽

Boundary Layer ◽

Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽

Skin Friction ◽

Boundary Layers ◽

Turbulent Boundary Layers ◽

Simple Theory ◽

Axisymmetric Bodies ◽

Explicit Expressions

SummaryComparisons are made between some measurements of skin friction and heat transfer over five axisymmetric bodies and the predictions of a simple theory. The development of the theory is outlined and explicit expressions obtained for all the gross turbulent boundary-layer characteristics (δ*,θ,H,Cf and St).

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