Numerical analysis of design parameters for a generic fan-in-wing configuration

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-77

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

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAUHAUS LUFTFAHRT E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actuator disk; Fan in wing; Jet in cross flow; RANS

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISK; COUNTER-ROTATING VORTICES; CRITICAL PARAMETER; CROSS FLOWS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DRAG RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LIFT COEFFICIENT; PARAMETRIC STUDY; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; ROTATION AXIS; SHORT TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS; SIMULATION RESULT; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS; WIND TUNNEL MODELS; WING AERODYNAMICS; WING CONFIGURATIONS; WING PLANFORMS;

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DRAG; JET FLAPS; JETS; LANDING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ROTATION; SIMULATORS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

WINGS;

EID: 72649101203     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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