Download or read book An Experimental Investigation of a Two and a Three-Dimensional Low Speed Turbulent Boundary Layer written by A. E. Winkelmann and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experimental studies of a two and a three-dimensional low speed turbulent boundary layer were conducted on the side wall of the University of Maryland Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel. Preliminary studies in the two-dimensional boundary layer indicated that the flow was nonuniform on the 46 in. wide test wall. The nonuniform boundary layer is characterized by transverse variations in the wall shear stress and is primarily caused by nonuniformities in the inlet damping screens. Over the 15 in. span of a special transverse device, the local skin friction coefficient varied (at discrete locations) + or - 9% about a mean. Transverse variations in the flow velocity, yaw, pitch and turbulence intensity were also measured in the boundary layer at set distances above the wall. Measurements with a pitch probe revealed the presence of a vortex-like flow to exist above the edge of the boundary layer at two locations along the 15 in. traverse line.