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An Improved Version of the Cebeci-Smith Eddy-Viscosity Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

M.J. Nituch,
S. Sjolander and
M.R. Head
M.J. Nituch
Affiliation:
(Cambridge University Engineering Department)
S. Sjolander
Affiliation:
(Cambridge University Engineering Department)
M.R. Head
Affiliation:
(Cambridge University Engineering Department)
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Although the Cebeci-Smith method of calculating turbulent boundary layers is widely used and generally gives acceptably accurate results, highly inaccurate skin-friction values are obtained for relaxing flows and equilibrium layers in strong adverse pressure gradient. In the present paper, these anomalies are removed by suitable modifications to the basic eddy-viscosity model.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , August 1978, pp. 207 - 225
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1978

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