Unsteady vortex flows and buffeting of a low sweep delta wing

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 6627-6635

  Taylor, G S ^a   Gursul, I ^a,b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b Aerospace Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNMANNED VEHICLES; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY (LDV); PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETERY (PIV); SHEAR LAYERS; VORTEX STRUCTURE;

WINGS;

EID: 2942731809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-1066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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