Comparison of wing characteristics at an ultralow reynolds number

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 331-338

  Sunada, S ^a,d   Yasuda, T ^b,e   Yasuda, K ^b,e,f   Kawachi, K ^c,f,g  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Department of Aerospace Engineering

^f AIAA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; ASPECT RATIO; HYDRODYNAMICS; WINGS;

HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; RECTANGULAR AIRFOILS; ULTRALOW REYNOLDS NUMBER;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 1542526163     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2931     Document Type: Article

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