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Three-dimensional vortex patterns in a starting flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

P. Freymuth
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
F. Finaish
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
W. Bank
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309

Abstract

Vortical-pattern visualization for the starting flow behind airfoils is extended from a chordwise or two-dimensional mode to a spanwise or three-dimensional mode. We demonstrate the capabilities and limits of the extended method by means of selected photographic frames and sequences.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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