Large-Scale Laminar-Flow Tests Evaluated with Linear Stability Theory

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 224-230

  Schrauf, Géza ^a,b  

^a AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^b Aerodynamic Design and Data Domain Airbus Bremen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

CROSSFLOW (CF); LINEAR STABILITY; NATURAL LAMINAR FLOW (NLF); WAVE NUMBERS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 2342632539     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9280     Document Type: Review

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