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Transition Research Using Flight Experiments

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Instability and Transition

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The relationship between aerodynamic results obtained in wind tunnels and their counterparts in flight is one that continues to command the attention of the aerodynamics community (Ref. 1). This is especially true for a phenomenon that is as environmentally sensitive as boundary layer transition. It is well established for example for supersonic Mach numbers from about 1.5 to 8, acoustic radiation from the turbulent boundary layers developing on wind tunnel walls causes an early transition on test models that has no flight counterpart (see presentation by Sam Pate). Only the “quiet” tunnels described by Ivan Beckwith offer relief from this phenomenon in ground test facilities. Because of this, the transition community has looked to flight experiments as a means of obtaining proper transition information in an uncontaminated environment.

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  1. “Boundary Layer Simulation and Control in Wind Tunnels,” Report of the AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel Working Group 09, AGARD Advisory Report No. 224, 1988.

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  1. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Eli Reshotko

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  1. Instiute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE), NASA Langley Research Center, 23665, Hampton, VA, USA

    M. Y. Hussaini  & R. G. Voigt  & 

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Reshotko, E. (1990). Transition Research Using Flight Experiments. In: Hussaini, M.Y., Voigt, R.G. (eds) Instability and Transition. ICASE/NASA LaRC Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3430-2_12

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3430-2_12

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