Accession Number:

AD0755007

Title:

Discretization of a Vortex Sheet, with an Example of a Roll-up.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY DEPT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Chorin,Alexandre J.
• Bernard,Peter S.

Report Date:

1972-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

The point vortex approximation of a vortex sheet in two space dimensions is examined and a remedy for some of its shortcomings is suggested. The approximation is then applied to the study of the roll-up of a vortex sheet induced by an elliptically loaded wing. Author

Descriptors:

• (*VORTICES
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS)
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• APPROXIMATION(MATHEMATICS)
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• TURBULENCE
• AERODYNAMIC LOADING
• WINGS
• HYDRODYNAMICS
• TWO DIMENSIONAL FLOW

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE