IDENTIFICATION OF THE VORTEX MECHANISM OF FRONT STABILIZATION IN MODELING OF ASYMMETRIC FLOW OF AN INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID ALONG A CYLINDER WITH A PROTRUDING DISK V. K. Bobyshev , S. V. Guvernyuk , and S. A. Isaev UDC 532.517.2 Based on numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations by the finite-difference method and physical modeling in a wind tunnel of laminar flow along a cylinder with a protruding disk the vortex mechanism of front stabilization and reduction in the drag of blunt bodies is investigated. JEPTER74920199917 JEPTER7492017