TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES iv 



LIST OF TABLES v 



NOTATION vi 



ABSTRACT 1 



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



WIND TUNNEL AND MODEL 3 



INSTRUMENTATION 6 



COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL 



RESULTS 9 



MEASURED AND COMPUTED PRESSURE AND SHEAR 



STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS 10 



MEASURED AND COMPUTED STATIC PRESSURE 



DISTRIBUTION 12 



MEASURED AND COMPUTED MEAN VELOCITY PROFILE ..... 17 



MEASUREMENT 17 



THEORY 28 



COMPARISON OF MEAN PROFILES 30 



COMPARISON OF MEASURED AND COMPUTED 



INTEGRAL PARAMETERS 30 



MEASURED TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS 34 



MEASURED REYNOLDS STRESSES 34 



EDDY VISCOSITY AND MIXING LENGTH 39 



TURBULENCE MODEL 41 



TURBULENCE REYNOLDS NUMBER 42 



TURBULENT LENGTH SCALE IN THICK STERN 



BOUNDARY LAYER 44 



