Low-Reynolds-number separation on an airfoil

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1570-1577

  Lin, J C Muti ^a   Pauley, Laura L ^a,b  

^a Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROFOILS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

EID: 0030465081     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13273     Document Type: Article

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