Fin buffet pressure evaluation based on measured flowfield velocities

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 806-815

  Breitsamter, Christian ^a   Laschka, Boris ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; CALCULATIONS; DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; PRESSURE; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CANARD; FIN BUFFET; MACH NUMBER; MODIFIED SURFACE LIFTING METHOD;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 0032155963     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2373     Document Type: Article

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