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The effect of wind-tunnel screens on nominally two-dimensional boundary layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

P. Bradshaw
P. Bradshaw
Affiliation:
Aerodynamics Division, National Physical Laboratory
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Abstract

Spanwise variations of surface shear stress, amounting to 10% or more, may be produced in nominally two-dimensional boundary layers by a spatial instability of the flow through the wind-tunnel damping screens: boundary layers are shown theoretically to be very sensitive to variations of free-stream direction. Screens with open-area ratios more than about 0·57 do not produce appreciable spanwise variations in the boundary layer, and it is recommended that tunnels for boundary-layer measurements should be fitted with such screens. The critical open-area ratio does not seem to depend noticeably on Reynolds number in the usual range encountered in wind tunnels, but the figure of 0·57 should not be taken as general until measurements have been made in representative selection of wind tunnels in other laboratories.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 1965 , pp. 679 - 687
Copyright
© 1965 Cambridge University Press

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