Numerical prediction and wind tunnel experiment for a pitching unmanned combat air vehicle

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 355-364

  Cummings, Russell M ^a   Morton, Scott A ^a   Siegel, Stefan G ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Maneuvering aircraft; UCAV; Unsteady aerodynamics; Wind tunnel testing

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GAS DYNAMICS; MESH GENERATION; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; TUNNELS; UNMANNED VEHICLES; VEHICLES; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ANGLES OF ATTACK; COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FLOW FIELDS; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; UNMANNED COMBAT AIR VEHICLE (UCAV); UNSTRUCTURED MESHES; VORTEX FORMATIONS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 46049109309     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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