When analyzing the aerodynamic characteristics of a road vehicle, the flow around the basic body shape is complicated by the presence of the rotating wheels. Even though on most vehicles the wheels are partially shrouded ...

The results from a series of low speed wind tunnel tests on two half model highly swept wings (a symmetrical aerofoil section and a highly cambered aerofail section) are presented in order to examine the trailing edge ...

An experimental investigation has been carried out to study and understand the influence of an end plate boundary layer on half delta wing models at low Reynolds Number. The programme involved measurements in two facilities: ...

When a vehicle travels at hypersonic speeds during launch, cruise or atmospheric re-entry it is subject to extremely high surface flow temperatures. As well as on the vehicle forebody, extreme heating can take place close ...

The vortex wake characteristics of aircraft during landing and take-off are of interest in connection with both the safety of following aircraft penetrating the vortex and the dispersion of engine exhaust plumes. A series ...

An investigation into the current methods employed to conserve vorticity in numerical calculations is undertaken. Osher’s flux for the artificial compressibility equations is derived, implemented and validated in Cranfield ...

An experimental parametric sturdy of vane and air-jet vortex generators in a turbulent boundary layer has been carried out. Experiments were carried out in two facilities, one with a free-stream velocity of 20 m/s and a ...

Local air quality is one of the factors constraining the development of airports. In countries of the European Union where new, stricter regulations for emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) have been introduced since 2010, ...