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Recent experience in the RAE 5 metre wind tunnel of a china clay method for indicating boundary layer transition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

I. R. M. Moir
I. R. M. Moir*
Affiliation:
Aerodynamics Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hants
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Summary

Details of a visual method for indicating boundary layer transition are given, with particular reference to tests at high Reynolds number in the RAE 5 metre pressurised low-speed wind tunnel on a slender-body model. The method is compared with other techniques on the basis of ease of use and quality of the indication.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 90 , Issue 891 , January 1986 , pp. 6 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1986 

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