TABLE OF CONTENTS

K AWT FREE SHEAR LAYER INFLUENCE ................................................................. K-1

K.1 INVESTIGATION OF FREE SHEAR LAYER INFLUENCE ............................................. K-1
K.1.1 Background ........................................................................................................... K-1
K.1.2 Description of influence .................................................................................... K-2
K.1.3 Determining factor .............................................................................................. K-3
K.1.4 Effect of pressure gradients.............................................................................. K-5
K.1.5 Extent of influence .............................................................................................. K-6
K.1.5.1 Previous researchers test configurations....................................................... K-7
K.1.6 Conclusions ........................................................................................................... K-8

L MONASH/RMIT VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS LABORATORY........................L-1

L.1 TUNNEL CONFIGURATION AND VEHICLE TESTING...................................................L-1
L.1.1 General flow quality ............................................................................................L-2

M RMIT INDUSTRIAL WIND TUNNEL ........................................................................M-1

M.1 TUNNEL CONFIGURATION.............................................................................................M-1

N EFFECTS OF INSERT FLUSHNESS............................................................................ N-1

N.1 CAVITY INSERT FLUSHNESS.......................................................................................... N-1

O EFFECTS OF FLOW SPEED VARIATION................................................................ O-1

O.1 THEORETICAL STUDY ..................................................................................................... O-1
O.2 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY .................................................................................................. O-2

P REPEATABILITY................................................................................................................... P-1
P.1 SOUND MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY .................................................................... P-1
P.2 SHEAR LAYER MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY ...................................................... P-4
P.3 BOUNDARY LAYER PROFILES REPEATABILITY......................................................... P-5

Q RESULTS PLOTS................................................................................................................... Q-1

Q.1 STUDIES ON AUTOMOTIVE WING MIRRORS .............................................................. Q-1
Q.1.1 Fluid-dynamic cavity oscillations .................................................................. Q-1
Q.2 BOUNDARY LAYER RESULTS (AWT)......................................................................... Q-3
Q.3 SOUND RESULTS (AWT) - YAW TESTS ..................................................................... Q-7
Q.3.1 Power spectra: Spanwise-constant effective length .................................. Q-8
Q.3.2 Power spectra: Spanwise-varying effective length ................................... Q-13
Q.3.3 Strouhal number: Spanwise-constant effective length ............................. Q-17
Q.3.4 Strouhal Number: Spanwise-varying effective length ............................. Q-21
Q.3.5 Strouhal Number: All yaw data ...................................................................... Q-25
Q.4 HOT-WIRE RESULTS (AWT) ......................................................................................... Q-26
Q.4.1 Power spectra: Oscillation spanwise variation ........................................... Q-27
Q.4.2 Power spectra: Streamwise measurements .................................................. Q-39

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