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Navier-Stokes solutions for two-dimensional subsonic base flowMethods for determining the effects of mass injection from the trailing edge of a bluff body at low speeds and in transonic flow were numerically studied along with an unmodified blunt-based body to gain insight into the effects of vortex shedding on the base drag. The methodology used to obtain finite-difference solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations for subsonic compressible two-dimensional near-wake flows is presented. The effectiveness of an introduced outflow boundary condition which minimizes reflections back into the computational domain was demonstrated with the solution of a model vortex problem. Calculations of the near-wake flow past a circular cylinder were in excellent agreement with experimental data. Laminar-flow solutions for a blunt-based model with and without a base cavity and with mass injection into the wake agreed qualitatively with experimental observations. The drag reduction capability provided by such base modifications was demonstrated.
Document ID
19840046687
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rudy, D. H.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1984
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Accession Number
84A29474
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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