Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
An experimental study of laminar horseshoe vortex flows upstream of a cylinder/flat plate juncture has been conducted to verify the existence of saddle-point-of-attachment topologies. In the classical depiction of this flowfield, a saddle point of separation exists on the flat plate upstream of the cylinder, and the boundary layer separates from the surface. Recent computations have indicated that the topology may actually involve a saddle point of attachment on the surface and additional singular points in the flow. Laser light sheet flow visualizations have been performed on the symmetry plane and crossflow planes to identify the saddle-point-of-attachment flowfields. The visualizations reveal that saddle-point-of-attachment topologies occur over a range of Reynolds numbers in both single and multiple vortex regimes. An analysis of the flow topologies is presented that describes the existence and evolution of the singular points in the flowfield.
Keywords:
Aerodynamics
Type:
NASA/TM-95-207302
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NAS 1.15:207302
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AIAA Paper 95-0785
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AIAA Journal; 33; 12; 2288-2292|AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 09, 1995 - Jan 12, 1995; Reno, NV; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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