Movable tip strakes and wing aerodynamics

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1418-1426

  Nikolic, Vojin R ^a,b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

BASELINE WING; RECTANGULAR WING MODEL; TRAILING VORTICES; VORTEX LIFT;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 29544433693     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.4615     Document Type: Article

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