Zheng-Xuan Cao

Flow Separation and Wake Dynamics in High Reynolds Number Flows: Implications for Automotive Drag

Low pressure wake behind the body of a vehicle is the most important component of its aerodynamic drag at highway speeds, not the viscous friction along the body. In typical scales for vehicles, the Reynolds number is O ( 1 0 6 ) , which means that the boundary layer is turbulent and stays attached for the major part o...