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The Three-Dimensional Turbulent Boundary Layer on an Infinite Yawed Wing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J. F. Nash and
R. R. Tseng
J. F. Nash
Affiliation:
Lockheed Georgia Research Laboratory, USA
R. R. Tseng
Affiliation:
Lockheed Georgia Research Laboratory, USA
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This paper presents the results of some calculations of the incompressible turbulent boundary layer on an infinite yawed wing. A discussion is made of the effects of increasing lift coefficient, and increasing Reynolds number, on the displacement thickness, and on the magnitude and direction of the skin friction. The effects of the state of the boundary layer (laminar or turbulent) along the attachment line are also considered.

A study is made to determine whether the behaviour of the boundary layer can adequately be predicted by a two-dimensional calculation. It is concluded that there is no simple way to do this (as is provided, in the laminar case, by the principle of independence). However, with some modification, a two-dimensional calculation can be made to give an acceptable numerical representation of the chordwise components of the flow.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , November 1971, pp. 346 - 362
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1971

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