Numerical study of a wing-tip vortex using the Euler equations

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-27

  Spall, Robert E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW;

EULER EQUATIONS; WING-TIP VORTEX PROBLEMS;

WINGS;

EID: 0035078210     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2756     Document Type: Article

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