Lessons learned from numerical simulations of the F-16XL aircraft at flight conditions

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 423-441

  Rizzi, Arthur ^a,f   Jirásek, Adam ^b,g   Lamar, John E ^c   Crippa, Simone ^a,f   Badcock, Kenneth J ^d,f   Boelens, Okko J ^e,h  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY NLR   (Netherlands)

^f Department of Aeronautical and Vehicle Engineering ^*

^g Division of Systems Technology

^h Aerospace Vehicles Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; FLOW SEPARATION; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; TURBULENCE MODELS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

BOUSSINESQ ASSUMPTION; COMPLEX CONFIGURATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DELAYED-DETACHED EDDY SIMULATION; DETACHED EDDY SIMULATIONS; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS; SURFACE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

EID: 63349099579     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.35698     Document Type: Article

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