Comparison of the mean skin friction with the heat transfer and the flow development in turbulent planar wall-attaching jet flows.

Measurements of the mean skin friction below turbulent planar wall-attaching offset jet flows were performed using oil-film interferometry for jets initially offset ( H s ) 0.2 to 1 times the jet height ( H j ) from the wall. The results were compared with turbulent flow field measurements and with previous heat transfer measurements. The profiles of the mean skin friction coefficient below the offset or preattachment region were similar when compared relative to the distance to the reattachment location ( X r ). The initial recovery length of the mean skin friction downstream of the reattachment location was proportional to the reattachment length similar to the decrease in the wall pressure fluctuations in this region. The longer recovery and initial decay of the mean skin friction coefficient appeared to collapse in terms of ( x - X r ) / H j ; as did the initial change in the mean static pressure, the measures of the mean flow development, and the Stanton number downstream of the reattachment point. The decay in the maximum of the turbulent stresses associated with the attached shear layer also collapsed in terms of ( x - X r ) / H j , unlike the fluctuating pressure and initial recovery of the mean skin friction. The change in the location of the minimum and zero in the turbulent shear stress as the flows transitioned to the wall jet region collapse in terms of x - X r / H j similar to the longer recovery and initial decay of the mean skin friction. The mean skin friction for flows with H s of H j and jet Reynolds numbers ( Re j ) of 21 800 to 54 500 , varied as Re j - 0.2 below the attaching jet, in the reattachment region, and in the downstream wall jet region.