Effect of tip vortex on wing aerodynamics of micro air vehicles

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1530-1536

  Viieru, Dragos ^a,b,c   Albertani, Roberto ^a,b,c   Shyy, Wei ^a,b,d   Ifju, Peter G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DRAG; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIR VEHICLES; TIP VORTEX; WING AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 29544441124     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.12805     Document Type: Article

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