Effects of leading-edge protuberances on airfoil performance

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2634-2642

  Johari, H ^a,c,d,e   Henoch, C ^b,f   Custodio, D ^a,c   Levshin, A ^a,c  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c Mechanical Engineering Department

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f Hydrodynamics Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE FOILS; PITCHING MOMENTS; SINUSOIDAL PROTUBERANCES; TROUGHS;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; DRAG; FLOW SEPARATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIFT;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 36749005629     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28497     Document Type: Article

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