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How does the boundary layer scale with size, if not linearly?
by rocqua 9y ago
How does the boundary layer scale with size, if not linearly?
- Garfgon 9y agoWith the square root of the length.
- GlenTheMachine 9y agoAlso, apparently, the rocket exhaust actually recirculated up the sides of the Saturn V inside the boundary layer, well past the point where the fins attached. See the picture in the following paper, where it appears that the exhaust is originating from a point about halfway up the first stage. https://www.nas.nasa.gov/assets/pdf/Kiris_Gusman_PlumeCFD.pdf https://www.nas.nasa.gov/assets/pdf/Kiris_Gusman_PlumeCFD.pd... Which tells you something about the size of the Saturn V boundary layer.