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Experiments have been conducted in a wind tunnel on a 10-foot-long model of a mathematical ship form to study the flow in the boundary layer and wake. The measurements were made with a five-hole pilot and a three-sensor hotwire probe, and extend from midships to 0.8 ship length downstream of the stern. The data include the pressure and mean-velocity fields, all six components of the Reynolds-stress tensor, and all ten components of the triple-product tensor. The evolution of the wake from the thick boundary layer over the stern has been documented in detail.
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Patel, V.C., Sarda, O.P. Mean-flow and turbulence measurements in the boundary layer and wake of a ship double model. Experiments in Fluids 8, 319–335 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00217197
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