Accession Number:
AD0661070
Title:
VORTEX WAKE ROLLUP AND VORTICITY CONCENTRATION BEHIND AN AIRFOIL.
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Corporate Author:
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1967-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
32.0
Abstract:
Some experimental evidence seems to confirm that the near wake problem is basically three-dimensional and should be reexamined as such. A concentration mechanism based on this three-dimensionality is proposed and found to predict a gradient of core circulation which is dimensionally correct and gives realistic answers when specific numerical cases are compared to published experiments. The correlation of experiment with theory involves a uniform translation of the theoretical points a specific distance upstream, implying that rotational fluid in the sheet requires a finite, uniform time to get to the core, no matter which downstream station is considered. A paradox in the role of viscosity in the concentrating mechanism is discussed. Author