Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the effect of Multiple Rotating Cylinders on Base Pressure of a Three Dimensional Bluff Body in Ground Proximity

30th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 55-65

  McArthur, D ^a   Burton, D ^a   Bell, J R ^a   Sheridan, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; CYLINDER CONFIGURATIONS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

CYLINDER SURFACE; DRAG MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FREE-STREAM VELOCITY; JET WIND TUNNELS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ROTATING CYLINDERS; SEPARATION REGIONS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84880779235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-2656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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