Vortex buffeting of aircraft tail: Interpretation via proper orthogonal decomposition

AIAA Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 550-559

  Kim, Y ^a,c   Rockwell, D ^a,c   Liakopoulos, A ^b,d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c Lehigh University   (United States)

^d Department of Civil Engineering ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CHARACTERIZATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

AIRCRAFT TAIL; ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION; UNSTEADY LOADING; VORTEX BUFFETING;

EMPENNAGES;

EID: 15944381304     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9989     Document Type: Article

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