AE625A Assignment-2

Prasannabalaji S 16101029
February 10, 2017

Rex vs H
30

25
Rex in Millions

20

15

10

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Shape factor H

Rex vs H
1E+8

1E+7

1E+6
Rex

1E+5

1E+4
1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1
Shape factor H

Figure: Difference of critical and transition Reynolds number vs Boundary layer shape factor

Observation: Higher the pressure gradient (i.e, proportional to H) Recr occurs earlier and difference
between Recr and Retrans is very low. i.e, flow become turbulent in very short span. Whereas in the
low pressure gradient flow occurrence of Recr is delayed and we have very long instability region.