Viscous drag reduction using riblets on NACA 0012 airfoil to moderate incidence

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 676-682

  Sundaram, S ^a,c   Viswanath, P R ^a,b,c   Rudrakumar, S ^a,c  

^a Experimental Aerodynamics Division

^b AIAA ^*

^c SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

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EID: 0000667368     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13127     Document Type: Article

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