MTV measurements of the vortical field in the wake of an airfoil oscillating at high reduced frequency

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 620, Issue , 2009, Pages 63-88

  Bohl, Douglas G ^a   Koochesfahani, Manoochehr M ^b  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; FLOW STRUCTURE; VELOCITY; VORTICITY; WAKES;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; MOLECULAR TAGGING VELOCIMETRY; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; REDUCED FREQUENCY; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; VELOCITY DEFICITS;

VORTEX FLOW;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW STRUCTURE; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 65649125688     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008004734     Document Type: Article

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