The Slow Recirculating Flow Near the Rear Stagnation Point of a Wake.
Abstract
A model is suggested in which some of the important features of the circulating flow inside the two-dimensional near wake are derived by assuming a slow viscous flow. The theory considers the flow away from the body base. It is found that there is a region of constant speed merging, as we go downstream, into a region of stagnation-apex flow. The velocity returning from the rear stagnation point along the center streamline is shown to be a slowly varying function of the 'wedge-angle, of the wake and to be roughly one half the velocity at the edge of the shear layers driving the wake-cavity flow. These results seem to be in agreement with experimental data. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA024369
Entities
People
- Saul Abarbanel
Organizations
- Tel Aviv University