Flow control for an airfoil with leading-edge rotation: an experimental study

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 617-622

  Al Garni, Ahmed Z ^a,b,c   Al Garni, Abdullah M ^a,d   Ahmed, Saad A ^a,d   Sahin, Ahmet Z ^a,d  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Aerosp Eng Program and Director

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIFT; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; CYLINDER SURFACE VELOCITY RATIO; FLAP DEFLECTION; LEADING EDGE ROTATING CYLINDER; LEADING EDGE ROTATION; SMOKE WIRE FLOW VISUALIZATION;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 0034224698     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2673     Document Type: Article

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