Perspectives on bluff body aerodynamics

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Abstract

The variations of drag and base suction of circular cylinders and bluff plates over the range of Reynolds number from 10 to 107 is discussed, with emphasis on the importance of the separated shear layers. A model for flows with a wake splitter plate is proposed. Effects of “three dimensionality” are discussed.

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