Fluid Dynamics

, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp 217–220 | Cite as

Experimental investigation of boundary-layer transition at supersonic velocities

  • V. V. Struminskii
  • A. M. Kharitonov
  • V. V. Chernykh
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Abstract

It is usually assumed that for geometrically similar bodies the state of the boundary layer and the location of the laminar-turbulent transition region are determined by the principal similarity parameters-the Mach M and Reynolds Re numbers. However, it has recently been found that at supersonic velocities the parameter (⋎/U), calculated from the free-stream velocity and viscosity and having the dimension of length, has a considerable influence on the transition.

Keywords

Viscosity Boundary Layer Experimental Investigation Transition Region Considerable Influence 
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© Consultants Bureau, a division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 1974

Authors and Affiliations

  • V. V. Struminskii
  • A. M. Kharitonov
  • V. V. Chernykh

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