Aerofoil ground effect revisited

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 992, 1996, Pages 65-74

  Coulliette, C ^a   Plotkin, A ^a  

^a UTC Aerospace Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GROUND EFFECT; LIFT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VORTEX FLOW;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; CAMBER; DISCRETE VORTEX PANEL METHOD; LINEAR VORTEX PANEL METHOD; PARABOLIC ARC AIRFOIL; STEADY STATE CONDITIONS; SYMMETRIC JOUKOWSKI AIRFOIL;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 0030080899     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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