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The Measurement of the Drag of Bluff Bodies by the Wake Traverse Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. J. Maull  and
P. W. Bearman
D. J. Maull
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
P. W. Bearman
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
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Extract

The drag of an aerofoil is often conveniently measured with reasonable accuracy by traversing pitot and static tubes across the wake of the aerofoil and calculating the drag from either the analysis of Betz or that of Jones.

Type
Technical notes
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 68 , Issue 648 , December 1964 , pp. 843
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1964

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