Jet characteristics of a plunging airfoil

AIAA journal

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1529-1537

  Lai, J C S ^a,b   Platzer, M F ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; WAKES;

NONDIMENSIONAL PLUNGE VELOCITY; WATER TUNNELS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 0033337119     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.641     Document Type: Article

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