26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-3.5 ST2:

AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL COMPARISON OF THE LOW SPEED AERODYNAMICS OF SQUARE AND CIRCULAR SECTIONED BODIES

S. A. Prince, J. Bhatti
City Univ., UK

Keywords: Slender Bodies, Aerodynamics, Vortical flow

An experimental and computational study has been undertaken to investigate the low speed aerodynamic behaviour of a family of square cross-section bodies and the associated circular bodies for comparison. Detailed data has been obtained for high angle of attack, steady and unsteady flow regimes.

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