Vortex structure and scale on an unsteady airfoil

JSME International Journal, Series B: Fluids and Thermal Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1056-1063

  Fuchiwaki, Masaki ^a   Tanaka, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Heaving airfoil; Pitching airfoil; Unsteady separation; Vortex

Indexed keywords

FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

DYE FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAVING AIRFOIL; PITCHING AIRFOIL; SCHLIEREN VISUALIZATION; UNSTEADY AIRFOIL;

AIRFOILS;

AIRFOILS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

EID: 34249949254     PISSN: 13408054     EISSN: 13475371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmeb.49.1056     Document Type: Article

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