Three dimensional turbulent boundary layer development on a fan rotor blade

Abstract

This paper is concerned with an experimental study undertaken to measure the boundary layer growth on a fan rotor blade. The measurements were carried out using a miniature 'X' configuration hot wire probe at various chordwise and radial locations on both surfaces of the blade. The streamwise and radial velocity profiles as well as the corresponding intensity components are interpreted and correlated. The validity of conventional velocity profiles such as the 'law of the wall' for the streamwise profile and the hodograph plot for the cross flow profile are examined. The measured values of boundary-layer gross properties are compared with the predictions based on a momentum-integral technique.