Flow over an aerofoil without and with a leading-edge slat at a transitional Reynolds number

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-231

  Genc M S ^a   Kaynak, U ^b   Lock, G D ^c  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow separation control; Leading edge slat; Separation bubble; Transition models; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AEROFOILS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLOW SEPARATION CONTROL; LAMINAR SEPARATION BUBBLE; LEADING EDGE; LEADING-EDGE SLAT; LIFT CURVES; MAXIMUM LIFT COEFFICIENT; MULTI-ELEMENT AEROFOIL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SEPARATION BUBBLE; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT; TRANSITION MODEL; TRANSITION MODELS;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW SEPARATION; LAMINAR FLOW; LIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

SEPARATION;

EID: 69249134645     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544100JAERO434     Document Type: Article

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