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.
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