Numerical and experimental analysis of a generic fan-in-wing configuration

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 656-666

  Thouault, Nicolas ^a,b   Breitsamter, Christian ^a,b   Adams, Nikolaus A ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Aerodynamics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA VISUALIZATION; GROUND EFFECT; MESH GENERATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; COUNTER-ROTATING VORTEX PAIR; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SHORT TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS; SURFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; UNSTEADY REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES;

FANS;

EID: 63349093035     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.39750     Document Type: Article

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