Exact numerical solutions for transient shear stress and boundary-layer induced pressure
Hypersonic flat plate under impulsive loads, calculating time dependent transient wall shear stress and boundary layer induced pressure
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Hypersonic flat plate under impulsive loads, calculating time dependent transient wall shear stress and boundary layer induced pressure
Two dimensional supersonic turbulent free shear layer recompression process from flow model numerical calculation
Free shear layer similarity flow profiles correlation for turbulent isobaric jet mixing by spread rate parameters, using viscosity models
A silicone material was developed which gives suitable ablative protection in the high heat flux, high shear environments encountered in severe reentry applications, such as nose cones for ballistic vehicles and protection of leading edges or other critical areas of a vehicle. In addition, the ease of handling, low application cost, and room temperature cure make such a silicon material suitable nozzles for the large rockets necessary for vehicle launching. The development of this product is traced from the selection of suitable polymers through the choice of fillers and the finalization of filler loadings.
The problem of finding algebraically special solutions to the vacuum Einstein-Maxwell equations was investigated using a spin coefficient formalism. The general case in which the degenerate null vectors are not hypersurface orthogonal is reduced to a problem of solving five coupled differential equations that are no longer dependent on the affine parameter along the degenerate null directions. It is shown that the most general regular, shear-free, nonradiating solution to these equations is the Kerr-Newman metric.
The investigation of expanding, rotating, shearing Bianchi type IX universes is extended to the most general case possible. Use is made of the techniques of Arnowitt et al. (1962). It is shown that the conclusion reached by Arnowitt et al. regarding the small effect of rotation on the singularity of type IX universes is true in general. The superspace approach to the motion of the universe is discussed in an appendix.
A generalization is presented of Phillips' (1960) theory of noise generation by supersonic turbulent shear layers. Both Mach wave radiation and non-Mach wave noise radiation mechanisms are considered. The range of validity of Phillips' theory has been expanded to include the low supersonic and transonic ranges. These generalizations are important not only for their analytical rigor, but also for their prospective applications to practical problems in jet noise prediction and control. The noise generation mechanisms in a supersonic jet are found to differ from those in a subsonic jet. The theory is considered to offer some prospects of answering important questions in supersonic jet noise, such as noise source distribution, mean flow refraction effects, directivity, spectrum, and efficiency of noise radiation.
The paper defines the experimental phase of an objective to obtain the mechanical characteristics and coefficients required by the generalized form of Hooke's law for nylon-polyurethane-coated fabric. Test specimens were cylindrical fabric sleeves and were loaded in axial tension by an Instron, in hoop tension by pressurizing, and in shear by a torquing fixture. An extensive amount of strain data is included for a wide combination of the three membrane loads. The tests indicate highly nonlinear stress-strain characteristics of the fabric and a strong dependency on all three membrane loads.
A method is presented for integrating numerically the equations of motion for a compressible free shear layer developing from a boundary-layer profile of arbitrary shape. Sutherland's law is used to determine the coefficient of viscosity and the Prandtl number is taken as 0.72. Calculated results are reported for free-stream Mach numbers ranging from 0 to 10 and for stagnation-enthalpy ratios ranging from 0 to 5.0. The effects of varying the initial boundary-layer profile and of a discontinuity in temperature at the origin are also studied. The results include graphs showing the development of dividing-streamline velocity, of local Nusselt number, and of dividing-streamline location.
Jupiter photographs taken in two different wavelength regions (blue and red) are studied for clues to differing Jovian atmosphere motions. The relative motions of features visible on these photographs may be interpreted as a vertical shear at visible cloud level. The value obtained implies that the north equatorial zone must be about 0.35 deg K warmer than the adjacent equatorial zone. Deeper in the atmosphere the reverse must hold.
Discussion of adhesive fracture of single lap shear joints in terms of a maximum stress criterion and an energy balance. The Goland and Reissner (1944) analysis is used to determine the stress distribution in the adhesive assembly, and the results obtained are introduced into an energy balance to determine the initiation of adhesive fracture. In the stress analysis the loads at the edges of the joint are first determined. This is a problem in which the deformation of the joint sheets must be taken into account and is solved by using the finite-deflection theory of cylindrically bent plates. Then the stress in the joint due to applied loads is determined. This problem is formulated as one in plane strain consisting of two rectangular sheets of equal thickness and unit width. With the aid of this stress analysis and the stresses obtained from the conditions of equilibrium the contributions to the energy change with crack length are calculated. The analysis performed is then compared with a maximum stress criterion for a lap joint.
Consideration of the propagation of sound in a two-dimensional inviscid shear layer for given initial sound pressure profiles. The eigenvalue problem resulting from an assumption of separable solutions in a form first obtained by Pridmore-Brown (1958) is solved numerically. It is shown that although the resulting eigenfunctions cannot be proven to be orthogonal or complete, they can be combined by a least total error squared method to give a good representation of the initial pressure profile. The acoustic pressure in the duct is then easily calculated. The results verify all the predictions made in an earlier perturbation calculation. Moreover, they show that the refraction effect gets saturated at high subsonic Mach numbers and at high frequencies. The proposed technique may be used, if necessary, with impedance boundary conditions at the duct walls.
The octahedral shear strain range concept is used in analyzing multiaxial fatigue damage. Limited test data from a two-step loading sequence show that the loading effect is still pronounced in the multiaxial case and that the relation between damage and cycle ratio is nonlinear. Among uniaxial cumulative damage concepts, the modified multiaxial double linear damage rule seems to show the most favorable experimental results.
The evolution of a disturbance in the presence of a uniform mean velocity gradient is calculated by a power-series solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Terms through those in time cubed are retained in the solution. For the initial condition a three-dimensional cosine distribution with two harmonic terms is assumed. The nonlinear interaction of these harmonic terms produces new harmonics which in turn interact. For large velocity gradients the energy of the disturbance can grow with time. The results shed some light on the maintenance or growth of turbulence in a shear flow.
It has been found that, in general, the local potential cannot be employed to obtain approximate solutions for the various correlations of turbulent properties which appear in the time averaged form of the conservation equations. Although the method of local potential is equivalent to the Galerkin method when the self-consistent condition is applied, the local potential can also be applied as an iterative algorithm in place of using the selfconsistent condition. This procedure offers an alternative to the Galerkin method and may be useful in obtaining approximate solutions for the total turbulent velocity. In addition, for certain simple turbulent shear flows the iterative algorithm may permit approximate, but non-empirical, solutions by modeling only the mean velocity and the Reynolds stress.
Proceedings of conference on free turbulent shear flows - Vol. 1
The generalized eddy viscosity approach is described and results are presented of test cases which show that predictions obtained by this approach are adequate for most engineering applications. Because of the importance of starting computations from the injection station where experimentally determined mean and turbulence parameters are rarely available, a very simple core model applicable to simple step-type (slug) profiles was developed. Agreement between predicted and experimental mean profiles was generally almost as good for calculations made by using this model throughout the core region and the transition model for all subsequent regions as predictions made by starting from experimental profiles in the transition region. The generalized eddy-viscosity model, which was developed in part through correlation of turbulence parameters, successfully predicted turbulent shear stress, turbulent intensity, and mean velocity profiles for a 0.040-inch-diameter microjet. Therefore, successful scaling by the model was demonstrated since data used in its development was for jet areas up to 90,000 times as large as the microjet and velocities only 1/20th as high.
The performance is evaluated of three distinct classes of turbulence model. These classes are: (1) Turbulent-viscosity models in which the length scale of turbulence is found by way of algebraic formulas, (2) turbulent-viscosity models in which the length scale of turbulence is found from a partial differential equation of transport, and (3) models in which the shear stress itself is the dependent variable of a partial differential conservation equation. Two models were examined in each class; thus, six different models were tested. A complete mathematical statement of these models is provided and a brief commentary on the models is included.