ROBERT W FOX

9.2 A model a river towboat is to be tested at 1:13.5 scale. The boat is designed to travel at 8
mph in fresh water at 10oC . Estimate the distance from the bow where transtition occurs.
Where should transtition be stimulated on the model towboat?
9.3 An airplane cruises at 300 knots at 10 km altitude on a standard day. Assume the boundary
layers on the wing surfaces behave as on a flat plate. Estimate the expected extent of laminar
flow in the wings boundary layers.

9.19 Flow of air develops in a flat horizontal duct following a well-rounded entrance section.
The duct height is H = 300 mm. Turbulent boundary layers grow on the duct walls, but the
flow is not yet fully developed. Assume that the velocity profile in each boundary layer is u/U
= (y/)1/7 . The inlet flow is uniform at V = 10 m/s at section 1. At section 2, the boundarylayer thickness on each wall of the channel is 2 = 100 mm. Show that for this flow,
Evaluate the static gage pressure at section 2. Find the average wall shear stress
between the entrance and section 2, located at L = 5 m.

FRANK M WHITE
5.70 A diamond-shaped body, of characteristic length 9 in, has the following measured drag
forces when placed in a wind tunnel at sea-level standard conditions:

Use these data to predict the drag force of a similar 15-in diamond placed at similar
orientation in 20C water flowing at 2.2 m/s
5.73 The power P generated by a certain windmill design depends on its diameter D, the air
density, the wind velocity V, the rotation rate , and the number of blades n. (a) Write this
relationship in dimensionless form. A model windmill, of diameter 50 cm, develops 2.7 kW at
sea level when V = 40 m/s and when rotating at 4800 r/min. (b) What power will be
developed by a geometrically and dynamically similar prototype, of diameter 5 m, in winds of
12 m/s at 2000 m standard altitude? (c) What is the appropriate rotation rate of the prototype?