An investigation of the interaction of a laminar boundary layer and surface static-pressure orifices was conducted on a natural laminar flow airfoil. The effects of both favorable and adverse pressure gradients were studied at Reynolds numbers based on airfoil chord from approximately 500,000 to 6,000,000 with Mach number varying accordingly from about 0.03 to 0.42. The smaller the diameter of the orifice, the less likely it will cause premature transition. Locating the orifices in a chord-wise row aligned with the flow appears to have an additive, adverse effect on transition. Tube length-to-orifice diameter ration does not seem to have a consistent influence on transition.


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    Title :

    Influence of Surface Static-Pressure Orifices on Boundary-Layer Transition


    Contributors:
    D. M. Somers (author) / J. P. Stack (author) / W. D. Harvey (author)

    Publication date :

    1982


    Size :

    33 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English