BOUNDARY LAYER INVESTIGATION

Optional components for the airflow system enabling students to quantitatively investigate the boundary layer that exists close to a surface adjacent to a moving airstream. A reversible flat plate inside a rectangular duct has one smooth face and one artificially roughened face. Removable profile plates in the duct can establish an increasing or decreasing pressure gradient in the direction of flow. Learn about BOUNDARY LAYER INVESTIGATION specifications for optimal educational outcomes.. A micro-pitot tube with micrometer adjustment is used to traverse toward the plate in measured increments, enabling investigation of boundary layer growth profiles under a variety of flow conditions.

• Micrometer adjustment range: 0–15 mm
• Jet internal diameter: 50 mm