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Wall temperature control of low-speed body dragThe use of thermal means to control drag under turbulent boundary layer conditions is examined. Numerical calculations are presented for both skin friction and (unseparated) pressure drag for turbulent boundary-layer flows over a fuselage-like body with wall heat transfer. In addition, thermal control of separation on a bluff body is investigated. It is shown that a total drag reduction of up to 20 percent can be achieved for wall heating with a wall-to-total-freestream temperature ratio of 2. For streamlined slender bodies, partial wall heating of the forebody can produce almost the same order of total drag reduction as the full body heating case. For bluff bodies, the separation delay from partial wall cooling of the afterbody is approximately the same as for the fully cooled body.
Document ID
19860035429
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Lin, J. C.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Ash, R. L.
(Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Aircraft
Volume: 23
ISSN: 0021-8669
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Accession Number
86A20167
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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