Skin-friction measurements and calculations on a lifting airfoil

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Mateer, George G ^a   Monson, Daryl J ^a   Menter, Florian R ^b,c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

LIFTING AIRFOIL; SHEAR STRESS TRANSPORT TURBULENCE MODEL; SKIN FRICTION MEASUREMENTS;

AIRFOILS;

AEROFOILS; FRICTION; LIFTING; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; SKIN;

EID: 0030072003     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13055     Document Type: Article

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