Turbulent flow around a wing-fuselage type junctureThe flow over a 58-mm-thick uniform-thickness winglike body having a 1.5:1 elliptical leading edge and joined to a large flat plate (representing an aircraft fuselage) is characterized experimentally at freestream velocity 15 m/s, corresponding to Reynolds number 940,000/m, using hot-wire anemometry. The results are presented graphically, and it is found that the horseshoe vortex formed by the separation of the fuselage boundary layer ahead of the wing leading edge is effective in transporting turbulence and modifying the mean-flow characteristics and the turbulent-stress distribution. It is suggested that the slenderness ratio of the leading edge is the dominant factor affecting the strength and location of the vortex.
Document ID
19850037324
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kubendran, L. R. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Mcmahon, H. M. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Hubbartt, J. E. (Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, United States)