Thin/cambered/reflexeb airfoil development for micro air vehicle applications at Reynolds numbers of 60,000 to 100,000

Collection of Technical Papers - 2006 Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1159-1164

  Reid, Michael R ^a   Kozak, Jeffrey ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOIL ANALYSIS TOOL; CAMBER VALUES; COEFFICIENT OF LIFT; LAMINAR SEPARATION BUBBLE FORMATION;

AIRCRAFT; BUBBLE FORMATION; DRAG; LAMINAR FLOW; LIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 33751401309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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