Development of a trailing vortex formed with spanwise tip jets

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 845-857

  Holloway, A G L ^a,b   Richardson, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Box 4400 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HOT-WIRE ANEMOMETRY; JET BLOWING RATES; SPANWISE TIP JETS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 34547140757     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.25407     Document Type: Article

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