A computational study of the near-field generation and decay of wingtip vortices

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 684-695

  Craft, T J ^a   Gerasimov, A V ^a   Launder, B E ^a   Robinson, C M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Second moment closure; Trailing vortex; Turbulence models; Wing aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; WINGS;

SECOND MOMENT CLOSURE; TRAILING VORTEX; TURBULENCE MODELS; WING AERODYNAMICS;

VORTEX FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

EID: 33745727913     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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