A Volumetric Approach to Wake Reduction: Design, Optimization, and Experimental Verification

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(a) Flow field around a sphere with a symmetric boundary condition at the far side of the domain. Horizontal and vertical axes are in meters, and the color scale is in meters per second. (b) Flow field around a sphere with a wall boundary condition at the far side of the domain. Horizontal and vertical axes are in meters, and the color scale is in meters per second. (c) Pressure around a sphere with a modified domain size. Horizontal and vertical axes are in meters, and the color scale is in meters per second. (d) Tight view of the flow field around a sphere with a symmetric boundary condition at the far side of the domain. Horizontal and vertical axes are in meters, and the color scale is in meters per second. (e) Tight view of the flow field around a sphere with a wall boundary condition at the far side of the domain. Horizontal and vertical axes are in meters, and the color scale is in meters per second. (f) Tight view of the flow field around a sphere with a modified domain size. Horizontal and vertical axes are in meters, and the color scale is in meters per second. (g) Tight view of the pressure around a sphere with a symmetric boundary condition at the far side of the domain. Horizontal and vertical axes are in meters, and the color scale is in pascals. (h) Tight view of the pressure around a sphere with a wall boundary condition at the far side of the domain. Horizontal and vertical axes are in meters, and the color scale is in pascals. (i) Tight view of the pressure around a sphere with a modified domain size. Horizontal and vertical axes are in meters, and the color scale is in pascals.

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