Status of unsteady aerodynamic prediction for flutter of high-performance aircraft

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 832-842

  Yurkovich, Rudy ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); MILITARY AIRCRAFT; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

DOUBLE LATTICE CODE; FLUTTER ANALYSIS; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0242273162     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6874     Document Type: Article

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