- Title
- Design and calibration of a water tunnel for skin friction research
- Creator
- Sargison, Jane; Barton, Andrew; Walker, Gregory; Brandner, P. A.
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/101905
- Identifier
- vital:10732
- Identifier
- ISSN:1448-4846
- Abstract
- A new water tunnel facility has been designed for application in skin friction and boundary layer research. The closed loop, recirculating facility with working section 200 × 600 × 2400 mm and test surface 600 × 1000 mm has been designed to operate at working section flow speeds of up to 2 ms-1 (Reynolds number based on test surface length 2.2 × 106). A force balance enables the direct measurement of drag on test surfaces. Hot film, pitot and multi-hole pressure probes are used to investigate the near wall flow. © Institution of Engineers Australia, 2009.
- Relation
- Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Vol. 7, no. 2 (2009), p. 111-124
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Boundary layer researches; Closed loops; Direct measurement; Flow speed; Force balances; Multihole pressure probes; Near-wall flows; Test surfaces; Water tunnel; Working section; Hydraulic structures; Reynolds number; Skin friction; Water supply tunnels; Friction
- Reviewed
- Hits: 1389
- Visitors: 1198
- Downloads: 2
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format |
|---|