Modeling delta wing limit-cycle oscillations using a high-fidelity structural model

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1209-1217

  Attar, Peter J ^a,c,d   Dowell, Earl H ^b,d,e,f,g   White, John R ^b,e  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science ^*  (United States)

^f Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems   (United States)

^g Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OSCILLATIONS;

DELTA WING; LIMIT-CYCLE OSCILLATIONS (LCO); LINEAR VORTEX LATTICE;

WINGS;

EID: 27144479885     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.11325     Document Type: Article

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