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Direct drag measurement on thin-element riblets with suction and blowingTurbulent, direct drag has been measured for a series of riblet models in air with continuous, low-level suction or blowing applied through narrow streamwise slots located at the peak, base, or valley of the rectangularly shaped riblets. Riblet spacing was approximately that of low-speed wall streaks. The models were designed to test whether wall vortices which are known to occur along widely spaced riblets are integral to turbulence production by attempting to alter them with localized suction or blowing. The drag data show trends that are consistent with reduced or enhanced inflectional breakdown of wall vortices. The trends, however, may also be explained by more fundamental mean-flow effects.
Document ID
19880061595
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wilkinson, Stephen P.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 88-3670
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA, ASME, SIAM, and APS, National Fluid Dynamics Congress
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Country: United States
Start Date: July 25, 1988
End Date: July 28, 1988
Accession Number
88A48822
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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