A Flow Visualization Study of Free Rolling Cruciform Fins in Cross Flow

Abstract

A smoke flow visualization study was conducted at subsonic speeds which showed that roll speed-up can be produced by vortices shed from fins alone. This vortex shedding is displayed at large and small roll rates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0771035

Entities

People

  • P. Daniels

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Launched
  • Cameras
  • Cross Flow
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Flow
  • Free Stream
  • High Speed Cameras
  • Motion Pictures
  • Steady State
  • Subsonic Wind Tunnels
  • Visualizations
  • Vortex Shedding
  • Vortices
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.