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The Pressure at the Reattachment Point in Subsonic Two-Dimensional Steady Base Flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

M Tanner*
Affiliation:
DFVLR, Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt, Göttingen
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Summary

A theory is developed for the prediction of the pressure at the reattachment point in subsonic two-dimensional steady base flow. Theoretically estimated values of the reattachment pressure seem to agree well with experimental ones.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1976

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