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The Effect of End-Plates on the Two-Dimensionality of a Vortex Wake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J. M. R. Graham*
Affiliation:
Cambridge University Engineering Department
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Summary

Spanwise velocity correlations of the turbulent vortices shed by a two-dimensional bluff body of D-section are presented for different aspect ratios of the shedding body between end-plates. From these it is shown that the vortices are only shed two-dimensionally when the gap between the end-plates is less than or equal to four times the base height of the shedding body.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1969

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