Computational and experimental investigations of low-Reynolds-number flows past an aerofoil

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1115, 2007, Pages 17-29

  Yuan, W ^a   Khalid, M ^a   Windte, J ^b   Scholz, U ^b   Radespiel, R ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE;

CO-LENGTH-SCALE EQUATION; LAMINAR SEPARATION BUBBLE (LSB); REYNOLDSAVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES (URANS) SIMULATIONS; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 33947212903     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000192400000172X     Document Type: Article

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