This experimental study was carried out at a free-stream Mach number of 0.6 and a Reynolds number per foot of 3.45 x 106. The magnitudes of the wall-pressure fluctuations agree with the Lilley-Hodgson theoretical results. Space-time correlations of the wall-pressure fluctuations generally agree with Willmarth's results for longitudinal separation distances. The convection velocity of the fluctuations is found to increase with increasing separation distances, and its significance is explained. Measurements with the longitudinal component of the velocity fluctuations indicate that the contributions to the wall-pressure fluctuations are from two regions, an inner region near the wall and an outer region linked with the intermittency.

The report deals with some aspects of the correlations and the spectra of the fluctuating wall pressure. Some of the available experimental data on the pressure fluctuations is reviewed and different correlation models for the fluctuating pressure are investigated chiefly from the point of view of estimation of transducer corrections and of power input to an infinite plate. It was demonstrated that both these aspects are rather sensitive to the kind of correlation model assumed.