Investigation on conditions of minimum induced drag of closed wing systems and C-wings

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-99

  Demasi, Luciano ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

INDUCED-DRAG COEFFICIENTS; NONPLANAR LIFTING SYSTEMS; WING SPAN;

WINGS;

EID: 33847721043     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.21884     Document Type: Article

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