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Experimental Investigation Of Drag Reduction By Trailing Edge Tabs On A Square Based Bluff Body In Ground Effect, Scott R. Sawyer
Experimental Investigation Of Drag Reduction By Trailing Edge Tabs On A Square Based Bluff Body In Ground Effect, Scott R. Sawyer
Master's Theses
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 …