Vortex locations for the longitudinal structures in the wake of the

Ahmed body.
James Venning
Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
james.venning@gmail.com

June 4, 2015

This data shows the core location of each longitudinal vortex at 29 downstream positions in the
wake of a quarter-scale Ahmed body. The experimental parameters and other considerations are
given in:
Venning, J., Lo Jacono, D., Burton, D., Thompson, M. & Sheridan, J. 2015 The effect
of aspect ratio on the wake of the Ahmed body. Experiments in Fluids 56 (6)

Figure 1: Vortex core location for c-pillar vortices (circles) and corner vortices (dots).
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Table 1: c-pillar vortex locations.

x/L
-0.200
-0.175
-0.150
-0.125
-0.100
-0.075
-0.050
-0.025
0.000
0.025
0.050
0.075
0.100
0.125
0.150
0.175
0.200
0.225
0.250
0.275
0.300
0.325
0.350
0.375
0.400
0.425
0.450
0.475
0.500

Positive c-pillar
y/W
z/H
0.534
0.528
0.516
0.504
0.486
0.474
0.456
0.438
0.426
0.408
0.391
0.367
0.343
0.331
0.307
0.301
0.283
0.277
0.277
0.271
0.265
0.271
0.259
0.253
0.242
0.242
0.230
0.242
0.212

0.953
0.929
0.897
0.873
0.857
0.833
0.809
0.785
0.761
0.737
0.705
0.689
0.673
0.649
0.624
0.624
0.576
0.576
0.560
0.560
0.560
0.560
0.512
0.512
0.512
0.496
0.464
0.472
0.392

Negative c-pillar
y/W
z/H
-0.492
-0.498
-0.504
-0.498
-0.486
-0.468
-0.450
-0.420
-0.420
-0.397
-0.379
-0.355
-0.331
-0.307
-0.313
-0.289
-0.295
-0.277
-0.253
-0.247
-0.236
-0.247
-0.236
-0.230
-0.218
-0.230
-0.218
-0.212
-0.194

0.961
0.945
0.913
0.881
0.857
0.833
0.817
0.793
0.769
0.737
0.713
0.697
0.681
0.665
0.681
0.649
0.665
0.632
0.536
0.528
0.472
0.560
0.504
0.488
0.464
0.480
0.456
0.440
0.376

x/L
-0.200
-0.175
-0.150
-0.125
-0.100
-0.075
-0.050
-0.025
0.000
0.025
0.050
0.075
0.100
0.125
0.150
0.175
0.200
0.225
0.250
0.275
0.300
0.325
0.350
0.375
0.400
0.425
0.450
0.475
0.500

Table 2: Corner vortex locations.

Positive corner vortex
Negative corner vortex
y/W
z/H
y/W
z/H
0.653
0.653
0.647
0.641
0.641
0.629
0.635
0.617
0.605
0.605
0.599
0.587
0.587
0.581
0.575
0.575
0.564
0.564
0.558
0.558
0.540
0.498

0.040
0.032
0.024
0.024
0.032
0.024
0.024
0.024
0.008
0.016
0.008
0.016
0.016
0.016
0.024
0.032
0.016
0.040
0.016
0.048
0.048
0.056

-0.599
-0.605
-0.605
-0.599
-0.599
-0.599
-0.599
-0.593
-0.587
-0.593
-0.581
-0.575
-0.570
-0.564
-0.564
-0.558
-0.552
-0.558
-0.558
-0.540
-0.552
-0.546
-0.558
-0.540

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
-0.008
0.000
-0.008
0.000
0.000
-0.024
-0.016
-0.008
-0.008
-0.008
0.000
0.016
0.008
0.000
0.016
0.016
0.032
0.048