Aerodynamic drag of streamers and flags

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 976-982

  Carruthers, A C ^a,b   Filippone, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b and Civil Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DRAG; HYSTERESIS; OSCILLATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREAM FLOW;

FLAGS; FLUTTER MEASUREMENTS; LOW-SPEED DRAG; STREAMERS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 24144448796     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9754     Document Type: Article

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