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Experimental studies in magneto-fluid dynamics: flow over a sphere with a cylindrical afterbody

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

T. Maxworthy
Affiliation:
Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007

Abstract

The measured pressure distributions over the front hemisphere of a hemispherecylinder combination placed in an aligned fields magneto-fluid dynamic flow are presented. Integration of the pressure profiles show that the form or pressure drag of the composite body first increases as the magnetic field strength increases, at a fixed flow velocity, but then decreases as the magnetic field becomes still stronger.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1969 Cambridge University Press

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References

Maxworthy, T. 1968 Experimental studies in magneto-fluid dynamics: pressure distribution measurements around a sphere. J. Fluid Mech. 31, 4.Google Scholar
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