Surface wettability of wings in rain

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED

Volumn 237, Issue , 1996, Pages 211-214

  Thompson, Brian E ^a   Jang, Juneho ^b  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Samsung SDS   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; LIFT; PAINT; RAIN; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACES; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; FILM CONVECTION REGION; MOMENT; SURFACE COATINGS; SURFACE WETTABILITY; WEBER NUMBER;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030368206     PISSN: 08888116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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