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Experimental measurements of both mean and conditionally sampled characteristics of laminar, transitional and low Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers on a heated flat plate are presented. Measurements were obtained in air over a range of freestream turbulence intensities from 0.3% to 6% with a freestream velocity of 30.5 m/s and zero pressure gradient. Conditional sampling performed in the transitional boundary layers indicate the existence of a near-wall drop in intermittency, especially pronounced at low intermittencies. Non-turbulent intervals were observed to possess large levels of low-frequency unsteadiness, and turbulent intervals had peak intensities as much as 50% higher than were measured at fully turbulent stations. Heat transfer results were consistent with results of previous researchers and Reynolds analogy factors were found to be well predicted by laminar and turbulent correlations which accounted for unheated starting length. A small dependence of the turbulent Reynolds analogy factors on freestream turbulence level was observed. Laminar boundary layer spectra indicated selective amplification of unstable frequencies. These instabilities appear to play a dominant role in the transition process only for the lowest freestream turbulence level studied, however.
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Sohn, K.H., O’Brien, J.E., Reshotko, E. (1991). Some Characteristics of Bypass Transition in a Heated Boundary Layer. In: Durst, F., Launder, B.E., Reynolds, W.C., Schmidt, F.W., Whitelaw, J.H. (eds) Turbulent Shear Flows 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76087-7_11
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