Effect of leading edge (LE) tubercles on side mirror performance / Ali Imron Imam Shobar

• Main Author: Imam Shobar, Ali Imron
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; Machine design and drawing
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43072/1/43072.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43072/

The tubercle effect is a recently discovered phenomenon where tubercles or large 'bumps' on the leading edge of an airfoil can improve its aerodynamics performance. This effect discovered when looking at the fins of humpback whales. These whales are the only known organisms to take advanta...