Local convective heat transfer coefficients were measured from a smooth NACA 0012 airfoil having a chord length of 0.533 m. Flight data were taken for the smooth airfoil at Reynolds numbers based on chord in the range 1.24 to 2.50 million and at various angles of attack up to 4 deg. During these flight tests, the freestream velocity turbulence intensity was found to be very low. Wind tunnel data were acquired in the Reynolds number range 1.20 to 4.52 million and at angles of attack from -4 to +8 deg. The turbulence intensity in the IRT was 0.5-0.7 percent with the cloud-generating sprays off. A direct comparison between the results obtained in flight and in the IRT showed that the higher level of turbulence intensity in the IRT had little effect on the heat transfer for the lower Reynolds numbers but caused a moderate increase in heat transfer at the higher Reynolds numbers. Turning on the cloud-generating spray nozzle atomizing air in the IRT did not alter the heat transfer. The present data were compared with leading-edge cylinder and flat plate heat transfer correlations that are often used to estimate airfoil heat transfer in computer codes.


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    Title :

    Heat transfer measurements from a smooth NACA 0012 airfoil



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    1991-12-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English




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