University of Tasmania
Browse
WSEAS_Clarke Brandner Walker_2008_A1.pdf (1.52 MB)

Experimental and Computational Investigation of Flow around a 3-1 Prolate Spheroid

Download (1.52 MB)
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-16, 22:47 authored by Clarke, D, Paul BrandnerPaul Brandner, Walker, GJ
The flow around a 3-1 prolate spheroid near the critical Reynolds number is investigated experimentally and numerically. This work was conducted as part of a larger project to examine the flow around Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. The experimental investigation has been performed in a water tunnel at the Australian Maritime College. Fast response pressure probes and a 3-D automated traverse have been developed to investigate the state of the boundary layer. A commercial CFD code has been modified to allow the experimentally determined boundary layer state to be included in the computation. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons between the measured and calculated results are discussed. The tests on the spheroid were conducted within a Reynolds numbers range of 0.6 × 106 to 4 × 106. The results presented here are for an incidence of 10 degrees

History

Publication title

WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics

Pagination

207 - 217

ISSN

1790-5087

Department/School

Australian Maritime College

Publisher

World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society

Place of publication

Greece

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Maritime

Usage metrics

    University Of Tasmania

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC