03.3 - Basic Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control
ON THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON BOUNDARY-LAYER TRANSITION FOR SWEPT WINGS
V. Prieto, ONERA and ISAE-SUPAERO, France; M. Forte, ONERA, France; E.R. Gowree, ISAE-SUPAERO, France
This paper studies the effect of surface roughness on the laminar-turbulent transition of the boundary layer of a swept wing. For this purpose, the results from an experimental campaign carried out in a subsonic closed-return wind tunnel at ONERA are presented