Lifting-Line Analysis for Twisted Wings and Washout-Optimized Wings

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 128-136

  Phillips, W F ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mechanical Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DRAG; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; PRANDTL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC TWIST; FOURIER COEFFICIENT;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 1542470326     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.262     Document Type: Article

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