TY - GEN
T1 - BOUNDARY LAYER HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID MECHANICS MEASUREMENTS ON A MILDLY-CURVED CONVEX WALL.
AU - You, S. M.
AU - Simon, T. W.
AU - Kim, J.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Previous studies have demonstrated that even mild streamwise curvature has a marked effect on turbulence structure, heat transfer, and skin friction. This effect was further investigated in the present experiment where two cases of different radii of convex curvature were tested. An attached fully-turbulent boundary layer, grown on a flat plate was introduced to a constant radius of curvature convex wall followed by a flat recovery wall. The strength of curvature, the ratio of boundary layer thickness to radius of curvature, delta /R, was 0. 013 and 0. 03 for the two cases. Both cases were taken with the same test wall, bent to two radii of curvature and the same curvature entry conditions. In the curve, Stanton numbers and skin friction were reduced by 10% and 20% below flat plate values for delta /R equals 0. 013 and 0. 03, respectively. Recovery was slow. Turbulent Prandtl numbers were increased by 20-25% returning rapidly to flat-wall values on the recovery wall. Shear stress profiles responded quickly to curvature, reducing to about 65% of the upstream flat plate values for delta /R equals 0. 03.
AB - Previous studies have demonstrated that even mild streamwise curvature has a marked effect on turbulence structure, heat transfer, and skin friction. This effect was further investigated in the present experiment where two cases of different radii of convex curvature were tested. An attached fully-turbulent boundary layer, grown on a flat plate was introduced to a constant radius of curvature convex wall followed by a flat recovery wall. The strength of curvature, the ratio of boundary layer thickness to radius of curvature, delta /R, was 0. 013 and 0. 03 for the two cases. Both cases were taken with the same test wall, bent to two radii of curvature and the same curvature entry conditions. In the curve, Stanton numbers and skin friction were reduced by 10% and 20% below flat plate values for delta /R equals 0. 013 and 0. 03, respectively. Recovery was slow. Turbulent Prandtl numbers were increased by 20-25% returning rapidly to flat-wall values on the recovery wall. Shear stress profiles responded quickly to curvature, reducing to about 65% of the upstream flat plate values for delta /R equals 0. 03.
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U2 - 10.1615/ihtc8.560
DO - 10.1615/ihtc8.560
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0022883524
SN - 0891165916
SN - 9780891165910
T3 - Heat Transfer, Proceedings of the International Heat Transfer Conference
SP - 1089
EP - 1094
BT - Heat Transfer, Proceedings of the International Heat Transfer Conference
PB - Hemisphere Publ Corp
ER -