26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-P2.13

DRAG AND FLOW REGIMES ASSOCIATED WITH RECTANGULAR CAVITIES AT YAW AT LOW SPEEDS

S. L. Gai, T. J. Soper
UNSW@ADFA, Australia

Keywords: drag, flow regimes, rectangular cavities, yaw

Experiments are described on the drag of rectangular cavities including the effects of yaw. They were based on wind tunnel pressure data. The results showed that the yaw angle has a strong effect on the drag and that it also depends strongly on the cavity length to depth ratio.

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