Small-scale airfoil aerodynamic efficiency improvement by surface temperature and heat transfer

AIAA Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2105-2113

  Kim, Jongmin ^a,b   Rusak, Zvi ^a,b   Koratkar, Nikhil ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of MANE ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; PELTIER EFFECT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIRFOIL AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; VELOCITY BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 0348107161     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6829     Document Type: Article

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