End-Stage Boundary Layer Transition Models for Engineering Calculations

The paper presents some recent new data on the combined effects of pressure gradient and freestream turbulence level on the onset and length of the latter stages of the boundary layer transition process. Generalized correlations for the transition length Reynolds number are developed from considerations of the non-dimensional turbulent spot formation rate. The optimized correlation is built into a popular linear combination integral computer code to predict the growth of the transitional boundary layer in a number of practical engineering flows.

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