Nominally 2-Dimensional Flow About a Normal Flat Plate
Abstract
Towing tank and water channel experiments and a two-dimensional vortex element numerical model were used to study the forces experienced by a bluff flat plate set normal to a nominally two-dimensional flow. Intrinsic (small scale) and extrinsic (large scale) three-dimensional motions in the experimental flow were isolated and their separate and combined effects on forces and overall wake development were studied. Transient flow development starting from rest, as well as steady flow conditions, were investigated. A force balance was used to measure the unsteady lift and drag of vertically oriented models projecting through a free surface with various lower end conditions; simultaneous LIF flow visualizations imaged the structure of the vortices in the wake. Plate aspect ratio, lower end condition and angle of attack were varied to effect changes in large scale three-dimensional motions, while changes in Reynolds number and Richardson number (flow stratification) modified the small scale three dimensionality intrinsic to the flow.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA274472
Entities
People
- Derek Lisoski
Organizations
- California Institute of Technology