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Surface Pressure Characteristics over Indian Train Engine

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In the present study, the surface pressure distribution of an Indian train engine was experimentally investigated. A scaled model of the engine was tested at different Reynolds numbers ranging from 3.22 × 104 to 14.49 × 104. The variation of aerodynamic drag and pressure  distribution with Reynolds number were studied. The results show that the pressure distribution is not significantly affected with the Reynolds number and a maximum coefficient of drag of 0.6005 is obtained at a Reynolds number of 6.44 × 104. The mean drag was also calculated for further understanding of drag characteristic of the engine model.

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  1. Turbulence and Flow Control Laboratory, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 613401, India

    K. Vivek, B. Ashok Kumar, Karthick Dhileep, S. Arunvinthan & S. Nadaraja Pillai

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  1. National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, Telangana, India

    Hari Kumar Voruganti

  2. National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, Telangana, India

    K. Kiran Kumar

  3. National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, Telangana, India

    P. Vamsi Krishna

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    Xiaoliang Jin

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Vivek, K., Ashok Kumar, B., Dhileep, K., Arunvinthan, S., Nadaraja Pillai, S. (2020). Surface Pressure Characteristics over Indian Train Engine. In: Voruganti, H., Kumar, K., Krishna, P., Jin, X. (eds) Advances in Applied Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1201-8_9

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