Plate boundary layer transition regulation based on plasma actuation array at Mach 6

Boundary Layer Transition on Slender Cones in Conventional and Low Disturbance Mach 6 Wind Tunnels

An experimental investigation was conducted on a 5-degree half-angle cone and a 5-degree half-angle flared cone in a conventional Mach 6 wind tunnel to examine the effects of facility noise on boundary layer transition. The influence of tunnel noise was inferred by comparing transition onset locations determined from the present test to that previously obtained in a Mach 6 low disturbance quiet...

Influence of Boundary-Layer Turbulence on Effusion Cooling at Mach 2.67

Future rocket-nozzle extensions have to be thermally protected by a film of cooling gas. The hot supersonic boundary-layer flow may be fully turbulent despite a strong favorable pressure gradient and strongly cooled walls. In contrast to previous investigations, where a laminar boundary-layer state was considered, the present work deals with the effects of a turbulent flow. The cooling film is ...

The boundary layer on a finite flat plate

The problem of finding the flow over a finite flat plate aligned with a uniform free stream is revisited. Multigrid is used to obtain accurate numerical solutions up to a Reynolds number of 4000. Fourier boundary conditions keep the computational domain small, with no loss of accuracy. Near the trailing edge, excellent agreement with first-order triple-deck theory is found. However, previous co...

Some Remarks on the Flat Plate Boundary Layer*

Propagation of Alfvén Waves at the Plasma Sheet Boundary Layer

Recently, observations from the Polar and Cluster satellites have indicated that largeamplitude kinetic Alfvén waves are observed throughout the plasma sheet, particularly at the plasma sheet boundary layers, during substorms. These waves may be directly produced by reconnection processes in the tail, or indirectly through linear or nonlinear mode conversion or by localized plasma flows in the ...