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Experiment on convex curvature effects in turbulent boundary layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Ronald M. C. So  and
George L. Mellor
Ronald M. C. So
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, Princeton University, New Jersey 08540 Present address: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.
George L. Mellor
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, Princeton University, New Jersey 08540
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Abstract

Turbulent boundary layers along a convex surface of varying curvature were investigated in a specially designed boundary-layer tunnel. A fairly complete set of turbulence measurements was obtained.

The effect of curvature is striking. For example, along a convex wall the Reynolds stress is decreased near the wall and vanishes about midway between the wall and the edge of a boundary layer where there exists a velocity profile gradient created upstream of the curved wall.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , 21 August 1973 , pp. 43 - 62
Copyright
© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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