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Experimental Investigation of Drag Reduction by Trailing Edge Tabs on a Square Based Bluff Body in Ground Effect
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This thesis presents an experimental investigation of drag reduction devices on a bluff body in ground effect. It has previously been shown that the addition of end-plate tabs to a rectangular based bluff body with an aspect ratio of 4 is effective in eliminating vortex shedding and reducing drag for low Reynolds number flows. In the present study a square based bluff body, both with and without tabs, will be tested under the same conditions, except this time operating within proximity to a ground plane in order to mimic the properties of bounded aerodynamics that would be present for a body in ground effect.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- MS in Aerospace Engineering
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Aerospace Engineering
- Year dc:date.available
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Sawyer, Scott R
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Jin Tso
Subjects
dc:subject × 7Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.15368/theses.2015.41
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-2506