On the application of contour bumps for transonic drag reduction

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 12763-12781

  Milholen II, William E ^a,b,c   Owens, Lewis R ^a,c,d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MS 499 ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Flow Physics and Control Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE WALL TEST; CONTOUR BUMPS; MACH NUMBER; SURFACE CONTOURS;

AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; SHOCK WAVES; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DRAG;

EID: 30744461588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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