Design and predictions for high-altitude (low Reynolds number) aerodynamic flight experiment

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 684-689

  Greer, Donald ^a,d,e   Hamory, Phil ^a,d   Krake, Keith ^b,d,e   Drela, Mark ^c,d,e  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Sparta Inc ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d M/S D2024 ^*

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DRAG; LIFT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUBSONIC FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER INSTABILITY FREQUENCIES; MACH NUMBER;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0034227074     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2652     Document Type: Article

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