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pressey

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Oct 10, 2003
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hello
I am an aeronautical engineer and I need datas on the effect of fins and flares on the base drag of cylindrical afterbodies. Any links on the subject will be helpful
 
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Find a copy of _Fluid Dynamic Drag_, by William F. Hoerner. The book is self-published, and the author deceased, but I think still available from family. One of the best compilations of fluid dynamic data I've ever seen. From a brief web search:

HOERNER FLUID DYNAMICS
P.O. Box 21992
Bakersfield, CA 93390
Phone/Fax: (661)665-1065
hfdy@hoernerfdy.com

Or check in local engineering library.


 
Oops, you're correct, it's Sighard Hoerner. For some reason William Hoerner sticks in my mind...was he maybe some WWII German aero designer?

-Ben T.
 
dunno..

didn't even know the first name until I went to the website you cited.

TTFN
 
I don't know about William, but Sighard Hoerner (or perhaps it would have been Hörner if the "¨" had been more widespread?) was, I'm told, in fact a WWII German aero designer.

Best regards,
Soeren (that should have been "ø" if that had been more widespread!)
 
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