THE EFFECT OF A ROTATING CYLINDER AT THE LEADING AND TRAILING EDGES OF A HYDROFOIL

Abstract

An experimental investigation was conducted in the High Speed Water Tunnel at the California Institute of Technology on the lift, drag, and moment produced by a rotating cylinder in the leading and trailing edges of a hydrofoil. It was found that with the cylinder in the leading edge, only a small increase in lift was developed, while with the cylinder in the trailing edge a much larger lift increase was noted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0403808

Entities

People

  • John D. Brooks

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aspect Ratio
  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Coefficients
  • Control Surfaces
  • Drag
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Leading Edges
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Surfaces
  • Trailing Edges
  • Underwater Ordnance
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Water Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Research Science/Academic Research