Temperature and Velocity Fields in the Separated and Reattached Flow over Blunt Flat Plates

Abstract

Temperature, velocity, and turbulence intensity distributions were measured in the separated, reattached, and redeveloped regions of two-dimensional air flow over blunt flat plates of various nose shapes. Especially investigated are the nose shape effects upon the flow and thermal boundary layer characteristics. It is found that they are strongly dependent on the nose shape far downstream from the reattachment point.