In-flight skin friction measurements using oil film interferometry

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 723-725

  Drake, Aaron ^a,c   Kennelly Jr , Robert A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Raytheon Aircraft Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; INTERFEROMETRY;

OIL FILM INTERFEROMETRY; SKIN FRICTION MEASUREMENT;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032630315     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2498     Document Type: Article

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