Investigation of Boundary-layer Transition on Swept Wings at Mach Numbers 2.5 to 5


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Tests were conducted in the 12-in. Supersonic Tunnel of the von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility to determine boundary-layer transition locations on swept wings having a circular arc profile and modified arc profile. Test Mach numbers were from 2.5 to 5 over a Reynolds-number-per-inch range from 0.14 to 1. 08 million at sweep angles of 24, 36, and 50 deg for angles of attack of 0 and approximately -4 deg. Boundary-layer transition Reynolds numbers determined by a pitot probe, and results obtained visually with a sub limable solid are presented. The major factors influencing boundary-layer transition were wing sweep and model leading edge geometry. Increasing wing sweep and leading edge bluntness above a sweep angle of approximately 20 deg decreased the transition Reynolds number at all test Mach numbers.




The Flow Past a Straight- and a Swept-wing-body Combination and Their Equivalent Bodies of Revolution at Mach Numbers Near 1.0


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Abstract: The complete flow fields past a straight and a swept wing-body combination and their equivalent bodies of revolution at Mach numbers around 1.0 have been observed by means of motion-picture schlieren photography. The results of these observations indicate that the shock growth and positions on the wing-body combinations are closely reproduced in the flow past their respective equivalent bodies.







Effects of Sweep and Angle of Attack on Boundary-layer Transition on Wings at Mach Number 4.04


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The data showed that transition always occurred along a front parallel to the wing leading edge, and that increasing the leading-edge sweep angle or increasing the angle of attack between the undisturbed stream and model surface caused the transition line to move closer to the wing leading edge and, in general, decreased the transition Reynolds number.