Download or read book A Real time Method for Estimating Viscous Forebody Drag Coefficients written by Stephen A. Whitmore and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper develops a real-time method based on the law of the wake for estimating forebody skin-friction coefficients. The incompressible law-of-the-wake equations are numerically integrated across the boundary layer depth to develop an engineering model that relates longitudinally averaged skin-friction coefficients to local boundary layer thickness. Solutions applicable to smooth surfaces with pressure gradients and rough surfaces with negligible pressure gradients are presented. Model accuracy is evaluated by comparing model predictions with previously measured flight data. This integral law procedure is beneficial in that skin-friction coefficients can be indirectly evaluated in real-time using a single boundary layer height measurement. In this concept a reference pitot probe is inserted into the flow, well above the anticipated maximum thickness of the local boundary layer. Another probe is servomechanism-driven and floats within the boundary layer. A controller regulates the position of the floating probe. The measured servomechanism of this second probe provides an indirect measurement of both local and longitudinally averaged skin friction. Simulation results showing the performance of the control law for a noisy boundary layer are then presented.
Download or read book A Real time Method for Estimating Viscous Forebody Drag Coefficients written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Real time Method for Estimating Viscous Forebody Drag Coefficients written by Stephen A. Whitmore and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles Trucks Buses and Trains written by Rose McCallen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is our pleasure to present these proceedings from the United Engineering Foundation Conference on The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles: Trucks, Buses and Trains held December 2-6, 2002, in Monterey, California. This Department of Energy, United Engineering Foundation, and industry sponsored conference brought together 90 leading engineering researchers from around the world to discuss the aerodynamic drag of heavy vehicles. Participants from national labs, academia, and industry, including truck manufacturers, discussed how computer simulation and experimental techniques could be used to design more fuel efficient trucks, buses, and trains. Conference topics included comparison of computational fluid dynamics calculations using both steady and unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes, large-eddy simulation, and hybrid turbulence models and experimental data obtained from the Department of Energy sponsored and other wind tunnel experiments. Advanced experimental techniques including three-dimensional particle image velocimetry were presented, along with their use in evaluating drag reduction devices. We would like to thank the UEF conference organizers for their dedication and quick response to sudden deadlines. In addition, we would like to thank all session chairs, the scientific advisory committee, authors, and reviewers for their many hours of dedicated effort that contributed to a successful conference and resulted in this document of the conference proceedings. We also gratefully acknowledge the support received from the United Engineering Foundation, the US Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Volvo Trucks America, International Truck and Engine Corporation, and Freightliner LLC.
Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Description and Evaluation of a Digital Computer Program for Calculating the Viscous Drag of Bodies of Revolution written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A digital-computer program has been written for calculating the viscous drag of streamlined bodies of revolution in constant-density axial flow. The integral approach adopted incorporates recently improved methods for predicting the transition point and for calculating the turbulent boundary layer. The inputs to the computer program are the body geometry, the associated inviscid pressure distribution, and the body-length Reynolds number. Agreement of calculated and measured drag coefficients is good, particularly in cases where the transition point is predicted accurately. (Author).
Download or read book A Method of Estimating Automobile Drag Coefficients written by R. G. S. White and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Method for Determining Drag Coefficients from Observed Position Data written by R. G. Barker and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A method is presented for computing the aerodynamic drag of a body in free flight. Polynomial least squares smoothing of position data is used for the first estimate with an optional provision of improving these results by matching arc length. All values thus obtained from one or more drops are then used to obtain a single least squares fit with the drag coefficient formula of T.S. Walton and Daniel Shanks. The nonlinear portions of this fitting problem are solved with good results using a quadratic minimization routine provided the data cover a sufficient Mach number range. This method is both fast and accurate. It replaces a procedure which was more expensive in computer time and in the required efforts of experienced personnel. (Author).
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Download or read book Verification of Method of Determining the Viscous Drag of a Ship Model written by Kenneth Key and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technical digest written by Naval Surface Warfare Center (U.S.). Dahlgren Division and published by . This book was released on 1994* with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Twenty Second Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-03-02 with total page 1039 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Twenty-Second Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics was held in Washington, D.C., from August 9-14, 1998. It coincided with the 100th anniversary of the David Taylor Model Basin. This international symposium was organized jointly by the Office of Naval Research (Mechanics and Energy Conversion S&T Division), the National Research Council (Naval Studies Board), and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (David Taylor Model Basin). This biennial symposium promotes the technical exchange of naval research developments of common interest to all the countries of the world. The forum encourages both formal and informal discussion of the presented papers, and the occasion provides an opportunity for direct communication between international peers.
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