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The Prediction of Turbulent, Supersonic, Two-Dimensional, Boundary-Layer Flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

S. Sivasegaram  and
J. H. Whitelaw
S. Sivasegaram
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London
J. H. Whitelaw
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London
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Summary

The prediction procedures of Bradshaw and Ferriss and Spalding and Patankar are compared with a wide range of experimental data obtained in turbulent, supersonic, two-dimensional flow. Both procedures are shown to result in satisfactory predictions of mean velocity profiles and wall shear stress in adiabatic-wall situations: in addition, the procedure of Spalding and Patankar is shown to be satisfactory in heat transfer situations. The Bradshaw and Ferriss procedure employs a turbulent energy hypothesis in contrast to the mixing-length assumptions used in the present version of the Spalding and Patankar procedure. The close agreement between the predictions of the two procedures indicates a lack of experimental data obtained in flow configurations with suddenly imposed or relaxed pressure gradients.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , August 1971 , pp. 274 - 294
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1971

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