Tail buffet of the F/A-18 at high incidence with sideslip and roll

17th Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 473-481

  Tavoularis, S ^a   Marineau Mes, S ^a   Lee, B H K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; BOMBERS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MACH NUMBER; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

COHERENCE FUNCTION; CONVECTION VELOCITY; CORRELATION STUDIES; NON-DIMENSIONAL FREQUENCY; NORMAL FORCE COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; TURBULENT STRUCTURES;

VERTICAL STABILIZERS;

EID: 0347250350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-3161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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