Accession Number:

ADA048370

Title:

An Experimental Investigation of Steady Asymmetric Vortex Shedding from a Slender Body of Revolution at High Angles of Attack

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Turelli, Robert R.

Report Date:

1977-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

65.0

Abstract:

An experimental investigation of the effects of Mach number and Reynolds number on the side forces induced on a slender body of revolution at high angles of attack was conducted. The tests were carried out in the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratorys Trisonic Gasdynamic Facility.

Descriptors:

• *VORTEX SHEDDING
• SLENDER BODIES
• THESES
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• PRESSURE
• REYNOLDS NUMBER
• BODIES OF REVOLUTION
• FLUID FLOW
• MACH NUMBER
• DATA REDUCTION
• TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER
• ANGLE OF ATTACK

Subject Categories:

• Fuels

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE