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Three-dimensional vortex patterns in a starting flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

P. Freymuth,
F. Finaish and
W. Bank
P. Freymuth
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
F. Finaish
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
W. Bank
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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Abstract

Vortical-pattern visualization for the starting flow behind airfoils is extended from a chordwise or two-dimensional mode to a spanwise or three-dimensional mode. We demonstrate the capabilities and limits of the extended method by means of selected photographic frames and sequences.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 161 , December 1985, pp. 239 - 248
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© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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