Analysis of delta-wing vortical substructures using detached-eddy simulation

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 964-972

  Mitchell, Anthony M ^a,b,c,d   Morton, Scott A ^a,b,c,d   Forsythe, James R ^a,d,e   Cummings, Russell M ^a,c,d  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c Department of Aeronautics ^*  (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e San Antonio River Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHED-EDDY SIMULATION (DES); DOPPLER-VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENT; VORTICAL SUBSTRUCTURES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

WINGS;

EID: 33744754128     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.755     Document Type: Article

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