Aerodynamics of a double-element wing in ground effect

AIAA Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1007-1016

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Zerihan, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Operations Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GROUND EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WINGS;

DOUBLE ELEMENT WING; FLAP SETTING; GROUND PROXIMITY;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0038610676     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2057     Document Type: Article

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