Detrimental effects of almost immeasurably small freestream nonuniformities generated by wind-tunnel screens

AIAA Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 379-386

  Watmuff, Jonathan H ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

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EID: 3643063649     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.374     Document Type: Article

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