Recovery Temperature Question
Recovery Temperature Question
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Hello,
would it be possible to help me understand why, for an aircraft in flight, is the recovery temperature used instead of the ambient air temperature (Tinfinity) to determine the heat exchange between the skin of the aircraft with the ambient air?
would it be possible to help me understand why, for an aircraft in flight, is the recovery temperature used instead of the ambient air temperature (Tinfinity) to determine the heat exchange between the skin of the aircraft with the ambient air?





RE: Recovery Temperature Question
RE: Recovery Temperature Question
RE: Recovery Temperature Question
adiabatic recovery temperature
(¦ad·ē·ə¦bad·ik ri′kəv·ə·rē ′tem·prə·chər)
(fluid mechanics) The temperature reached by a moving fluid when brought to rest through an adiabatic process. Also known as recovery temperature; stagnation temperature. The final and initial temperature in an adiabatic, Carnot cycle.
i had to look it up for myself. sort of explains it all ...
RE: Recovery Temperature Question
The stagnation temperature is found using the freestream temperature as shown in equation 11.
Ts = Tf*(1+.2*r*M^2)
Ts: stagnation temperature
Tf: freestream temperature
r: recovery factor
M: Mach number
for subsonic a/c i'd've thought that Ts = Tf ?
RE: Recovery Temperature Question
The mere motion of the plane through the air must increase the kinetic energy of the air that was moved through. And increased kinetic energy is one way of describing increased heat content.
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RE: Recovery Temperature Question
I work on a jet that cruises about M0.85. Extreme arctic studies have shown that, at M0.85, the skin temperature rises about 25F due to friction heating. So, -80F ambient will translate to a -55F skin temp.
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RE: Recovery Temperature Question
Wow, I just work in an office :)
Wil, is your number an average value of the wing/skin surface? I'd think that at the nose/wing leading edges, the skin temp. might be a bit higher than, say, at the mid-chord.