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Determination of mean and dynamic skin friction, separation and transition in low-speed flow with a thin-film heated element

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

B. J. Bellhouse  and
D. L. Schultz
B. J. Bellhouse
Affiliation:
Engineering Laboratory, University of Oxford
D. L. Schultz
Affiliation:
Engineering Laboratory, University of Oxford
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Abstract

The application of a heated thin metallic film to the measurement of mean skin friction in laminar and turbulent flow on a flat plate, circular cylinder and in an annular tunnel is described. The manner in which transition and separation are detected with this instrument is illustrated by reference to tests on a circular cylinder. The influence of the ambient air temperature and the gauge temperature on the behaviour of the instrument is analysed and it is shown that a reliable element can be constructed, capable of being moved from one location to another, while retaining its calibration. An element, calibrated on an oscillating flat plate, is used to obtain the spectral density of skin friction in a turbulent boundary layer.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , February 1966 , pp. 379 - 400
Copyright
© 1966 Cambridge University Press

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