Prediction of vortex breakdown location on a banked delta wing

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 738-740

  Pelletier, Alain ^a,b,c   Nelson, Robert C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b Dept of Aerosp and Mech Eng ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

DELTA WING; STATIC PITCHING TEST; VORTEX BREAKDOWN LOCATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0034228182     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2663     Document Type: Article

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