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Encounter of a streamwise vortex with a plate.
Time-averaged (white) streamlines and contours of constant positive (red) and
negative (yellow) streamwise vorticity are shown in the crossflow planes A-A
(upstream of leading-edge of the plate), B-B (at midchord of the plate), C-C
(at trailing-edge of the plate), and D-D (downstream of the plate). These
averaged images were determined from a series of instantaneous images. Upon
encounter with the plate, the vortex is split, as shown in plane B-B. The
split vortices move in opposite directions and away from the top and bottom
surfaces of the plate and attain the extreme positions indicated in plane C-C.
Immediately downstram of the trailing-edge of the plate, the coherence of the
vortices is dramaticlaly reduced, as shown in image D-D. The incident
streamwise vortex is generated from a delta wing having a Reynolds number based
on chord of Re = 9.4 x 10³. [32] Related concepts are addressed in [33
through 36].
Mayori and Rockwell
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