Static Pressure Distribution on Long Cylinders as Function of Angle of Yaw and Reynolds Number,

Abstract

Mean pressure measurements around three yawed circular cylinders were made to determine the effect of changes in yaw angle and freestream velocity on the average pressure coefficient, and the drag coefficient. The existence of four distinct types of circumferential pressure distributions, subcritical, transitional, supercritical, and asymmetric, were confirmed along with the appropriateness of scaling on a streamwise Reynolds number, based on the freestream velocity and the fluid path length along the cylinder in the streamwise direction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA182355

Entities

People

  • Timothy Wei
  • W. W. Willmarth

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aspect Ratio
  • Base Pressure
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Processing
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Engineering
  • Flow Fields
  • Guy Wires
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Static Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Statistical inference.