Effects of fin and jet vortex generators on the crossflow

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 370-379

  Wetzel, Todd G ^a,b,c,d   Simpson, Roger L ^a,b,d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Aerosp and Ocean Eng ^*  (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; JETS; MANEUVERABILITY; VORTEX FLOW;

CROSSFLOW SEPARATION; TURNING MANEUVERS; VORTEX GENERATORS;

SUBMERSIBLE SEAPLANES;

EID: 0032074196     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2334     Document Type: Article

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