Numerical simulation of the effects of spanwise blowing on tip vortex formation

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 996-1006

  Duraisamy, Karthikeyan ^a,b   Baeder, James D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

FLOWFIELD; NUMERICAL ERROR; SPANWISE BLOWING; TIP VORTEX FORMATION;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

EID: 33748030783     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.19746     Document Type: Article

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