Propulsive efficiency of a moving airfoil at transitional low Reynolds numbers

AIAA Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2165-2177

  Windte, Jan ^a,b   Radespiel, Rolf ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Fluid Mechanics

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLOW SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MIXED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; SEPARATION;

LAMINAR SEPARATION BUBBLES; PITCH MOTIONS; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; UNSTEADY REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 51749116554     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.30569     Document Type: Article

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