Print Email Facebook Twitter Evaluation of aerodynamic drag of a full-scale cyclist model by large-scale tomographic-PIV Title Evaluation of aerodynamic drag of a full-scale cyclist model by large-scale tomographic-PIV Author Terra, W. (TU Delft Aerodynamics) Sciacchitano, A. (TU Delft Aerodynamics) Scarano, F. (TU Delft Flow Physics and Technology) Department Flow Physics and Technology Date 2016 Abstract Experiments are conducted to determine the drag of a full-scale cyclist model in a wind tunnel at 4 m/s. The aerodynamic drag is evaluated from tomo-PIV measurements in the wake of the model applying the conservation of momentum within a control volume. The measurements are conducted in a thin volume of 100 x 170 x 3 cubic centimeters using helium-filled soap bubbles as flow tracers. The aerodynamic drag from PIV measurements is compared to standard balance measurements, obtaining an agreement between the two results within 2%. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:446f709b-9b28-45e6-bc3b-fb2cdac730ee Source Proceedings of the International Workshop on Non-Intrusive Optical Flow Diagnostic: Delft, The Netherlands Event International Workshop on Non-Intrusive Optical Flow Diagnostics, 2016-10-25 → 2016-10-26, TU Delft, The Aerospace Engineering Department, Delft, Netherlands Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2016 W. Terra, A. Sciacchitano, F. Scarano Files PDF NPWS14_Terra_.pdf 1.01 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:446f709b-9b28-45e6-bc3b-fb2cdac730ee/datastream/OBJ/view