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The measurement of fluctuating skin friction in air with heated thin-film gauges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

B. J. Bellhouse
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University
D. L. Schultz
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University

Abstract

A thin-film, heated-element probe is calibrated to measure fluctuating skin friction. The probe is mounted flush with the surface of a flat plate which is oscillated in its own plane, in the direction of the air stream. The relationship between fluctuating heat transfer from the film and fluctuating skin friction is discussed theoretically using Lighthill's (1954) technique.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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References

Bellhouse, B. J. & Schultz, D. L 1967 The determination of fluctuating velocity in air with heated thin film gauges J. Fluid Mech. 29, 28995.Google Scholar
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Lighthill, M. J. 1954 The response of laminar skin friction and heat transfer to fluctuations in the stream velocity. Proc. Roy. Soc. A 224, 123.Google Scholar