Investigation of the upstream end effect on the flow characteristics of yawed circular cylinders

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 1033, 2000, Pages 125-128

  Gatto, A ^a   Ahmed, N A ^a   Archer, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

UPSTREAM END EFFECT; YAWED CIRCULAR CYLINDERS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033706017     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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