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The three-dimensional boundary layer on a rotating helical blade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

Philip J. Morris
Philip J. Morris
Affiliation:
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, 233-L Hammond Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

The development of a laminar boundary layer on a twisted helical blade is described. An appropriate co-ordinate system is developed in which the boundary-layer equations have a relatively simple form. The choice of blade geometry and the free-stream conditions result in a constant-pressure flow. This permits the flow to be considered the analogue, in a rotating frame, of the zero-pressure-gradient flat-plate boundary layer in a stationary frame. The boundary-layer equations are solved using a double series expansion in powers of distance from the leading edge and the cosine of the blade twist angle. Chordwise and spanwise velocity profiles are calculated. The variation in the skin friction coefficients is calculated as a function of position on the blade.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 112 , November 1981 , pp. 283 - 296
Copyright
© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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