Boundary layer on an airfoil in a cascade
Author(s)
Peterson, Carl R.
Date Issued
1958
Publisher
[Cambridge, Mass. : Gas Turbine Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1958]
Series/Report no.
GTL report #49
Abstract
A study of the turbulent boundary layer on an airfoil in a cascade is presented. The major portion of the observations are on the suction surface of the airfoil. The effect of added diffusion across the cascade due to a three-dimensional flow is included. Empirical equations describing the boundary layer in terms of momentum and displacement thickness growth as a function of free-stream diffusion are developed. Shape factor is also related to free-stream diffusion. A reasonable check with an existing separation criterion is observed. An appendix contains a discussion of chord-wise integrating of various boundary layer parameters.
Description
December 1958
This report was originally the authors master's thesis: Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1958)
Includes bibliographical references
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