Adaptation of a turbulent boundary layer on a convex sufrace

The paper presents the results of numerical investigation of the adaptation of velocity profiles, turbulent shear stresses, and coefficients of friction in boundary-layer development along a convex surface and on transition of the boundary layer from a plane surface to convex one. A parameter is obtained that characterizes the completion of adaptation and its dependence on the basic flow parameters. Equations are presented for calculating coefficients of friction in the portion of boundary-layer adaptation and in the main portion. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 306–310, March–April, 1998.