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Some Correlations for the Turbulent Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate

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P. D. Chappell
P. D. Chappell*
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Royal Aeronautical Society, Engineering Sciences Data Unit
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Spalding and Chi have shown that their method of predicting the skin friction and momentum thickness for the compressible turbulent boundary layer with and without heat transfer gives good agreement with experimental data. For practical purposes a knowledge of the shape parameter, displacement thickness and boundary-layer thickness are also often required. In this note it is shown that the predictions of these additional boundary-layer parameters by extending the work of Spalding and Chi do not compare so favourably with experiment. New correlations have therefore been developed and are reported in this note which provides the basis of Item No. 68020 in the Royal Aeronautical Society Aerodynamics Sub- Series of Data Items.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 74 , Issue 713 , May 1970, pp. 393 - 396
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1970 

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