Experimental Study of the Influence of Unit Reynolds Number on the Laminar-Turbulent Transition on the Model Swept Wing with a Subsonic Leading Edge at M = 2

Vasily L. Kocharin
1. Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics SB RAS Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
kocharin@itam.nsc.ru
Nikolay V. Semionov
1. Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics SB RAS Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
2. Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
semion@itam.nsc.ru
Aleksandr D. Kosinov
1. Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
2. Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
kosinov@itam.nsc.ru
The material was received by the Editorial Board: 05.10.2020
Abstract
Experimental studies of the influence of unit Reynolds number on the laminar-turbulent transition in a supersonic boundary layer of a swept wing with a subsonic leading edge at Mach number 2 are performed. The experiments were performed on a model of a swept wing with a swept angle of the leading edge of 72 degrees and with a 3 % profile with a variable chord length in span. The hot-wire measurements showed that a laminar-turbulent transition in a supersonic boundary layer of a swept wing with a subsonic leading edge occurs earlier (≈ 25÷30 %) than on a model with a supersonic leading edge with the same oncoming flow parameters. It is shown that a change unit Reynolds number insignificant influence the laminar-turbulent transition in the boundary layer of a swept wing with a subsonic leading edge.

Keywords
experiment, supersonic flow, laminar-turbulent transition, turbulence, boundary layer, swept wing
Funding
The work is supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No. 19-08-00772). The study was conducted at the Joint Access Center “Mechanics” of ITAM SB RAS
УДК 532.526

Experimental Study of the Influence of Unit Reynolds Number on the Laminar-Turbulent Transition on the Model Swept Wing with a Subsonic Leading Edge at M = 2
References: Kocharin V. L., Semionov N. V., Kosinov A. D., Yatskikh A. A., Shipul S. A., Yermolaev Yu. G. Experimental Study of the Influence of Unit Reynolds Number on the Laminar-Turbulent Transition on the Model Swept Wing with a Subsonic Leading Edge at M = 2. Siberian Journal of Physics . 2021, vol. 16, no. 1. P. 44–52. (in Russ.). DOI: 10.25205/2541-9447-2021-16-1-44-52