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The Effect of Boat-Tailing on the Flow Round a Two-Dimensional Blunt-Based Aerofoil at Zero Incidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. J. Maull  and
B. J. Hoole
D. J. Maull
Affiliation:
Engineering Laboratory, Cambridge University
B. J. Hoole
Affiliation:
Engineering Laboratory, Cambridge University
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Summary

Some experiments on the effect of boat-tailing on the pressure distribution round blunt-based aerofoils are described. The experiments were carried out at low speeds at a Reynolds number of 1.5 X 105. The wake was investigated with attention being paid to the vortex shedding, and to the distance downstream of the base where vortices form.

It is shown that the theory due to Nash predicts the effect of boat-tailing on base pressure quite well and that a correlation of drag coefficient, Strouhal number and base pressure proposed by Bearman applies to the models tested here.

Type
Technical Notes
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 71 , Issue 684 , December 1967 , pp. 854 - 858
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1967

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