Abstract
A new boundary layer transition model is presented which relates the velocity fluctuations near the wall to the formation of turbulent spots. A relationship for the near wall velocity frequency spectra is also established, which indicates an increasing bias towards low frequencies as the skin friction coefficient for the boundary layer decreases. This result suggests that the dependence of transition on the turbulent length scale is greatest at low freestream turbulence levels. This transition model is incorporated in a conventional boundary layer integral technique and is used to predict eight of the ERCOFTAC test cases. Three of these test cases are for nominally zero pressure gradient and the remaining five are for a pressure distribution typical of an aft loaded turbine blade. The model is demonstrated to predict the development of the boundary layer through transition reasonably accurately for all the test cases. The sensitivity of start of transition to the turbulent length scale at low freestream turbulence levels is also demonstrated.
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