Large-eddy simulations of the vortex-pair breakup in aircraft wakes

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2337-2345

  Lewellen, D C ^a   Lewellen, W S ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; SIMULATION; VORTEX BREAKDOWN; WAKES;

EID: 0030454572     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13399     Document Type: Article

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