Dear counterparts,

Could anyone help me to find any experimental or computational results of moving or oscillating 3D body (for example, it may be prolate spheroid) in a viscous laminar flow for a validation of the "Immersed Boundary Method"?

Thanks for any suggestions, Anvar

We have available data which has not yet been published. We made surface pressure and wake measurements on an oscillating 3D model in incompressible flow. The model has the geometry of an Apollo re-entry capsule and the measurements are performed at Reynolds number range of 10^4<Re<10^6.

Oscillating results are not yet published but the results on stationary model are published in several occasions:

· Ploumhans P., Winckelmans G., Karatekin Ö., Charbonnier J.-M., Unsteady incompressible flow past bluff bodies: experiments and simulations using Lagrangian vortex methods, ERCOFTAC One-day seminar on "Unsteady flows:experiments and simulations", VKI Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium, 11 February 2000.

· Ö. Karatekin, R. Voets, J.M. Charbonnier, F.Y. Wang: Incompressible Aerodynamics of a Planetary Entry Capsule, 17th International Congress on Instrumentation in Aerospace Facilities, Toulouse, 14-17 June 1999.

· F. Y. Wang, Ö. Karatekin, J.-M. Charbonnier : Low-Speed Aerodynamics of a Planetary Entry Capsule. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Volume 36, No. 5 , pp. 659-667, September-October 1999.

Dear Ozgur,

Thank you very much for your information. I'll try to find your articles.

Anvar

For my dissertation, I computed the flow over an oblate ellipsoid, both spinning and non-spinning. The flow was viscous and laminar, but compressible. If this is what you are looking for, you can download my dissertation from,

www.microcfd.com/papers.htm

Axel Rohde

Alex, Thank you very much. I'll see you dissertation and perhaps find useful information.

Anvar