Parametric design study of the thickness of airfoils at reynolds numbers from 60,000-150,000

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 6508-6515

  Kellogg, Michael I ^a   Bowman, W Jerry ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; LAMINAR FLOW; PRODUCT DESIGN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; MANMADE FLYING VEHICLES; PROPULSION SYSTEMS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 2942748618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-1054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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