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Schneiders, J.F.G. (author)A series of techniques is proposed for volumetric air flow measurements that are based upon the principles of particle image velocimetry (PIV). The proposed techniques fall in two categories; part 1 of this dissertation considers measurement data processing using constitutive laws and part 2 focuses on development of a coaxial volumetric flow...doctoral thesis 2017
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Pattnaik, Pallav (author)Drag measurements on bluff-bodies such as bobsleighs using force balance systems have been in prevalence for a few decades. However these studies do not reveal anything on the flow behaviour around the body. In the recent past, various flow visualization techniques have been applied to investigate the flow behaviour around bobsleighs. Even...master thesis 2017
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Sabater Campomanes, Christian (author)The integration of the engine with the airframe is investigated in the German-Dutch Wind tunnels (DNW) using special scale engines called Turbofan Powered Simulators (TPS). The bookkeeping of thrust and drag must be clear. The TPS thrust is determined under static conditions in a calibration facility, and then subtracted in the wind tunnel test...master thesis 2017
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Munaro, Filippo (author)In the context of the ongoing research regarding boundary layer transition, this project aims to study the effects of isolated cylindrical roughness elements on the transition from laminar to turbulent flow in a swept wing boundary layer. The project entails experimental campaigns: the 45 degrees swept wing model is placed inside the test...master thesis 2017
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- De Vries, R. (author) master thesis 2016
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Rius Vidales, A.F. (author): The Air-Wake produced by a ship superstructure is a complex, highly turbulent and unsteady three-dimensional flow, which contains large flow features that interact with the helicopter rotor during critical take-off and landing procedures. An international research effort (TTCP, AER-TP2) which involves experimental and numerical studies on...master thesis 2016
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Aguiar Vieira Caetano, J.V. (author)Different flapping wing micro aerial vehicles (FWMAV) have been developed for academic (Harvard’s RoboBee), military (Israel Aerospace Industries’ Butterfly) and technology demonstration (Aerovironment’s NanoHummingBird) purposes. Among these, theDelFly II is recognized as one of themost successful configurations of FWMAV, with a broad flight...doctoral thesis 2016
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Ubbens, H.H. (author), Dwight, R.P. (author), Sciacchitano, A. (author), Timmer, W.A. (author)Bobsleighs races nowadays are decided upon hundredths of a second. As the margins are that small the aerodynamics of a bobsleigh can play a significant role in a race outcome. This paper investigates the influence of the gap between the nose and the rear cowling of a two-man bobsleigh. The paper especially focusses on the misalignment between...journal article 2016
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Celis, Bert (author), Ubbens, Harm H. (author)In order to overcome resistance a cyclist has to deliver a total power output of which 90% is necessary to overcome the aerodynamic drag [1,2]. In order to perform research in this aerodynamic drag a wind tunnel has been built by the Belgium company Flanders' Bike Valley. This wind tunnel is designed using classical design rules and with...journal article 2016
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Sterenborg, J.J.H.M. (author)For wind turbines there is need for accurate fluid-structure interaction predictions due to among others increasing wind turbine blade length and the design of load alleviation systems based on aero-elastic blade deformations, like bend-twist coupling. Currently, engineering models are widely used to simulate fluid-structure interactions for...doctoral thesis 2014
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- Mortimer, Ian (author), Campbell, Colin (author) journal article 2014
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Moya, R. (author), Salim, F. (author), Williams, M. (author), Sharaidin, K. (author)The aims of the Flexing Wind project, investigated in an intensive cross-disciplinary course, were twofold. First was to learn about aerodynamic phenomena around buildings. Second was to explore ways to observe, measure, and control the negative effects of wind around specific pedestrian areas, tram stops, and public sites in Melbourne City....conference paper 2013
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Jansen, A.J. (author), Van Deursen, B. (author), Howe, C. (author)The paper presents the effect of changes in sailing apparel on aerodynamic drag, starting from the assumption that drag reduction of sailing apparel will increase the speed of an Olympic class sailing boat (in this case the Laser, a single-handed Olympic dinghy), mainly on upwind courses. Due to the fact that literature on this specific subject...journal article 2012
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- Haans, W. (author) doctoral thesis 2011
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Schreck, S. (author), Sant, T. (author), Micallef, D. (author)Wind turbine structures and components suffer excessive loads and premature failures when key aerodynamic phenomena are not well characterized, fail to be understood, or are inaccurately predicted. Turbine blade rotational augmentation remains incompletely characterized and understood, thus limiting robust prediction for design. Pertinent...conference paper 2010
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Schrijer, F.F.J. (author)To further improve the design of hypersonic vehicles so that fully reusable systems become a reality, the detailed understanding of the ?ow ?eld that the vehicle generates is of paramount importance. The thesis deals with the aspects of experimental ?ow research which includes also the ?ow facility and the measurement techniques. First a...doctoral thesis 2010
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Horsten, B.J.C. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)Because support interference corrections are not properly understood, engineers mostly rely on expensive dummy measurements or CFD calculations. This paper presents a method based on uncorrected wind tunnel measurements and fast calculation techniques (it is a hybrid method) to calculate wall interference, support interference and residual...conference paper 2009
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Bink, J. (author)Wind tunnels are used to study airflows around objects like cars, airplanes and ice-skaters. This is done, simulating the real world, by blowing an airflow over a fixed body. In the real situation an object moves through the air, while in a wind tunnel it is the air that is moving. So a wind tunnel needs to generate an airflow. In this airflow,...master thesis 2008
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Lee, J.I. (author), Kim, C. (author), Kim, K.H. (author)The purpose of this paper is to develop an accurate analysis code for the flow of arc-heater by employing advanced numerical models. Governing equations are hyperbolic-type axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations which include joule heating by arc, radiation and turbulent transport effect. Joule heating is simply calculated by Ohms law with the...conference paper 2006
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Coustols, E. (author), Jacquin, L. (author), Schrauf, G. (author)This document provides a synthesis of recent research studies that have been conducted in the last decade within several European projects from the 5th and 6th Framework Programmes. All these studies aimed at a better characterization of aircraft wake vortices and then at their subsequent control. In the latter case, the goal is to minimize the...conference paper 2006