Volume 28, Issue 3 No AccessNew correlation of roughness density effect on the turbulent boundary layerAsher Sigal and James E. DanbergAsher Sigal U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, Arberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005Search for more papers by this author and James E. Danberg U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, Arberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:17 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/3.10427SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byInfluence of Complex Surface Structures on the Aerodynamic Loss Behaviour of Blades12 September 2024Flow Through a Passage With Scaled Additive Manufacturing Roughness Representing Different Printing Orientations16 July 2024 | Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 146, No. 12Towards a new roughness parametrization through the effective distribution function12 November 2024 | Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 999Turbulent Heat Transfer over roughness: a comprehensive review of theories and turbulent flow structure1 Nov 2024 | International Journal of Thermofluids, Vol. 1021Film Cooling Performances Under Various Upstream Roughness Conditions: Experimental Investigations and Similarity Hypothesis18 June 2024 | Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 146, No. 11Application of roughness models to stationary and rotating minichannel flows26 August 2024 | International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 34, No. 11Analysis of Separation in the Roughness Sublayer Using DNS Data and DANS/DEM Modelling of Roughness Effects24 September 2024 | Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, Vol. 56Effect of the building orientation on additively manufactured copper alloy: Hydraulic performance of different surface roughness channels1 Aug 2024 | International Journal of Thermofluids, Vol. 23Experimental Assessment of Hypersonic Convective Heat Transfer Augmentation due to Surface RoughnessPeter R. 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