Model of aerodynamic resistance of three-dimensional distributed roughness

Autor: Martin E. Beyers
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal. 59:7-14
ISSN: 1712-7998
DOI: 10.5589/q13-002
Popis: An analytical formulation of the drag characteristics of arbitrary three-dimensional surface roughness in the fully rough regime of turbulent boundary layer flow is introduced. An expression was derived for the equivalent sand grain roughness, introducing a universal roughness correlation parameter. The coefficients of the roughness parameter were determined based on Schlichting's database. This yielded a linear correlation of equivalent sand grain roughness over the complete range of roughness frontal solidity. Applications to regular and irregular distributions were undertaken. Results are presented for a sand-roughened sample, and the data uncertainty and sensitivity to input parameters are determined.
Databáze: OpenAIRE