The need to correct transonic airfoil wind tunnel test data for the influence of the tunnel sidewall boundary layers, in addition to the wall accepted corrections for the analytical investigation was carried out in order to evaluate sidewall boundary layer effects on transonic airfoil characteristics, and to validate proposed correction and the limit to their applications. This investigation involved testing of modern airfoil configurations in two different transonic airfoil test facilities, the 15 x 60 inch two-dimensional insert of the National Aeronautical Establishment (NAE) 5 foot tunnel in Ottawa, Canada, and the two-dimensional test section of the NASA Langley 0.3 m Transonic Cryogenic Tunnel (TCT). Results presented included effects of variations in sidewall-boundary layer bleed in both facilities, different sidewall boundary layer correction procedures, tunnel-to tunnel comparisons of correcte results, and flow conditions with and without separation.


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    Title :

    Wind tunnel-sidewall-boundary-layer effects in transonic airfoil testing-some correctable, but some not


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    Publication date :

    1988-07-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English