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Flow past an oblate ellipsoid of revolution aligned along the major axis

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  1. Institute of Mechanics, Moscow State University, Moscow

    A. I. Shvets

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Translated from Izv. AN SSSR. Mekhanika Zhidkostii Gaza, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 173–177, March–April, 1970.

The author thanks G. S. Ul'yanov for assistance in conducting the experiments.

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Shvets, A.I. Flow past an oblate ellipsoid of revolution aligned along the major axis. Fluid Dyn 5, 319–323 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01080251

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