Recommended Citation
Postprint version. Published in 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Proceedings, January 4, 2016.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-1774.
Abstract
While aerodynamic analysis of the flow conditions during cornering can be an important design parameter for applications such as automobiles, vessels, and highly maneuverable aircraft, it can be difficult to simulate. This type of motion requires controlled and repeatable flow curvature, relative to the model. A new design to allow experimental testing for this condition has been developed, and by testing in a non-inertial reference frame, flow curvature is achieved in the absence of a static pressure gradient. Initial results have demonstrated the ability of the concept to produce the correct flowfield and the new design offers potential for new experimental investigations that were previously unachievable.
Disciplines
Aerospace Engineering
Copyright
2016 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
Number of Pages
16
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/aero_fac/154