In 1987 Palmer went to the University of Maryland and began research to test in streams hypotheses derived from fundamental ecological theory that was developed in marine systems related to the role of hydrodynamics and boundary layer flows in the community dynamics of invertebrates.
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This observation is true not only for forced boundary layer flow, as shown in Ref . 11, but for wall jet flows and free-jet flows encountered in natural convection phenomena, as well as for jet and wake flows ( Table 6.1 ).
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He also helped design the first supersonic wind tunnel, identified a signature of the transition to turbulence in boundary layer flows ( now known as " Emmons spots " ), and was the first to observe compressor stall in a gas turbine compressor ( still a major item of research today ).
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In this period, he oversaw development of practical methods of analyzing laminar and turbulent boundary layer flow, new and improved static pressure probes, the hydrogen bubble technique of flow visualization, potential flow analysis, analysis of stability and transition of boundary layers and the e n method of predicting boundary layer transition.
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If the surface is inclined at an angle " ? " with the vertical then the equations for a vertical plate by Churchill and Chu may be used for " ? " up to 60? if the boundary layer flow is laminar, the gravitational constant " g " is replaced with " g " cos " ? " when calculating the Ra term.
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Any laminar flows is characterized by a critical number that serves as a limit line for the transition of flow from laminar to turbulent . for example flows like Free-jet flow ( axisymmetric ) is limited to stay laminar by Re < 10 30, where Re is based on nozzle diameter and mean velocity through the nozzle Natural convection boundary layer flow on Isothermal wall is limited by conditions Gr < 1.5 ?109 ( Pr = 0.71 ) and Gr < 1.3 ?109 ( Pr = 6.7 ) where The Grashof number Gr is based on wall height and wall ambient temperature difference.
