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Some Measurements in Two-Dimensional Turbulent Wakes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

K.W. Everitt
K.W. Everitt*
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
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Summary

It is often assumed that the precise initial conditions exert no influence on the downstream flow development of two-dimensional wakes. A brief investigation of the wakes behind four different bodies shows the lasting influence of upstream history in such flows.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 28 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1978

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