Drag and wake characteristics of three dimensional bluff bodies with varying radii of curvature

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zanacic, Amela ^a,c   Long, Kurtis R ^b,c  

^a JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Aerospace Computing Inc   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DATA VISUALIZATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; GEOMETRY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKES;

BLUFF BODY; OIL FLOW VISUALIZATION; RADII OF CURVATURE;

DRAG;

EID: 85067319153     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-3612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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