Abstract
Aerodynamics of a circular cylinder with conical-shaped forebodies is studied at a subcritical Reynolds number of around 10s. Attention is primarily focused upon modification of the forebody geometry to minimize the side force coefficient at high angles of attack. The tip geometries used are the standard cone, a family of nose booms, a set of delta strakes, porous tips, spinning nose-boom tips, and their combinations. The effectiveness of each tip in reducing the side force is assessed over a range of flight conditions and compared with the standard tip data. The results suggest that such tip modifications can reduce the side force in the range of 50-88%.
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