Aerodynamic comparison of Hyper-Elliptic Cambered Span (HECS) wings with conventional configurations

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1608-1625

  Lazos, Barry S ^a,c,d   Visser, Kenneth D ^b,d,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Flow Physics and Control Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Box 5725 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DATA ACQUISITION; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WIND TUNNELS;

BASELINE CONFIGURATION; RAKED TIP CONFIGURATION; WINGLET WAKES;

WINGS;

EID: 33845439488     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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