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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 x 600 x 2400 mm and test surface 600 x 1000 mm has been designed to operate at working section flow speeds of up to 2 m/s (Reynolds number based on test surface length 2.2 x 10^6). 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.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Sargison, JE and Barton, AF and Walker, GJ and Brandner, PA
Keywords:	research water tunnel, skin friction research, Reynolds number, water tunnel
Journal or Publication Title:	Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Online
ISSN:	1448-4846
Additional Information:	© 2009 Institution of Engineers Australia
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