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Experimental investigations of the base pressures found on a bluff body in ground effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

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A practical application of two-dimensional subsonic bluff body flow research can be seen in the design, construction and positioning of tall slender buildings. Similarly, from a three-dimensional viewpoint, drag reduction and vortex control is an important factor in the latest road vehicle designs. From just these two examples it can be seen that the problem of flow about a bluff body is one of major practical importance, while at the same time being of great theoretical interest. However, despite many years of extensive testing, there has been little progress made on the theoretical investigation of turbulent base flows since the foundations laid down by Kirchhoff and von Karman. The non-steady processes in the wake, in particular the complex dynamics of vortex formation, have proved to be problems of formidable size.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1981 

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