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A typical airfoil shape has a round leading edge and slender tail to prevent boundary layer separation at the sharp leading edge and allow the boundary layer to remain attached over more of the top surface. If the leading edge was sharp and tail was round, the boundary layer would separate early over the top surface, increasing drag and decreasing lift. A 2.5m long flat plate moving at 0.5m/s through water is analyzed, calculating boundary layer properties and drag under turbulent and laminar assumptions, finding laminar flow results in a thinner boundary layer covering the first portion of the plate length.

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Tutorial Sheet 5

A typical airfoil shape has a round leading edge and slender tail to prevent boundary layer separation at the sharp leading edge and allow the boundary layer to remain attached over more of the top surface. If the leading edge was sharp and tail was round, the boundary layer would separate early over the top surface, increasing drag and decreasing lift. A 2.5m long flat plate moving at 0.5m/s through water is analyzed, calculating boundary layer properties and drag under turbulent and laminar assumptions, finding laminar flow results in a thinner boundary layer covering the first portion of the plate length.

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MEC449: Tutorial Sheet 5:

Boundary Layer Separation, Transition and Turbulent BL


Covered in Lecture 5
5.1 Explain the reason why a typical aerofoil shape, e.g. NACA0015 has a round leading
edge and a slender tail, and what would happen to the air flow if the aerofoil has a sharp
slender leading edge and a round end.

5.2 A smooth flat plate, 2.5 m long and 0.8 m wide, moves length ways at 0.5 m· s−1 through
still water. (a) Assume the plate is completely covered by a turbulent boundary layer.
Calculate the boundary layer thickness, displacement thickness, momentum thickness, H
factor and the total drag on the plate. (b) compare the results obtained with those if boundary
layer is laminar. (c) Estimate the fraction of the plate that is coved by the laminar boundary
layer. If kinematic viscosity is ν = 1 x 10−6 m2 · s−1.

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