Infinite Swept Attachment Line Research Articles

The Development of Intermittent Turbulence on a Swept Attachment Line Including the Effects of Compressibility

SummaryA model of the boundary layer transition process at an infinite swept attachment line under incompressible flow conditions and in the presence of a gross upstream disturbance is developed. The approach adopted is based upon the spot concepts of Emmons which are well established for transition on a flat plate. An extension to compressible flow situations is made by means of a simple transformation which reduces the process to an equivalent incompressible form. A new criterion for predicting the onset of attachment-line transition is proposed.

Skin Friction and Heat Transfer at an Infinite Swept Attachment Line

SummarySimple, yet reasonably accurate, expressions have been developed for the prediction of skin friction and heat transfer coefficient at an infinite swept attachment line using the concepts of ‘reference temperature’ and ‘Reynolds analogy’. The formulae have then been used to investigate the effect of varying sweep angle with constant undisturbed free stream conditions in the limits of very low and very high Mach number.