Experimental studies of a 70-degree delta wing with vortex flaps

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 600-605

  Rinoie, Kenichi ^a,c,d   Fujita, Toshimi ^b,e   Iwasaki, Akihito ^b,e   Fujieda, Hirotoshi ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Dept of Aero and Astronautics ^*  (Japan)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Advanced Aircraft Research Group   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; DRAG; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; LIFT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

LEADING EDGE VORTEX FLAPS; SWEPTBACK WINGS;

WINGS;

EID: 0031223090     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2235     Document Type: Article

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