THE EFFECT OF WIRE GAUZE ON SMALL DISTURBANCES IN A UNIFORM STREAM

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Abstract
The paper sets out to give a comprehensive account of the effect of woven wire gauze on small disturbances to a uniform stream. The relevant aerodynamic characteristics of gauze are the pressure drop and deviation in direction which it imposes on a uniform stream incident at an arbitrary angle to the plane of the gauze. Measurements by Dryden and Schubauer suggest that these two characteristics may be uniquely related for all gauzes and Reynolds numbers, and enable the deviation to be determined when the pressure drop is known.