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An Investigation of the Flow around Rectangular Cylinders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

P W Bearman  and
D M Trueman
P W Bearman
Affiliation:
Aeronautics Department, Imperial College
D M Trueman
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Surrey
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Summary

Measurements are presented of the base pressure coefficient, drag coefficient and Strouhal number of rectangular cylinders. The results confirm a finding in Japan that the drag coefficient rises to nearly 3 when the depth of the section is just over half the width. The flow around the sections is found to be strongly influenced by the presence of the trailing-edge corners.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , August 1972 , pp. 229 - 237
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1972

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