Effects of surface finish on aerodynamic performance of a sailboat centerboard

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1073-1081

  Miklosovic, David S ^a,b   Schultz, Michael P ^a,c   Esquivel, Christian ^a,d  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

^c Naval Architecture Department

^d United States Naval Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; ASPECT RATIO; DRAG; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIFT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND TUNNELS;

DRAG FORCE; FREESTREAM VELOCITY; LIFT FORCE; WING SPAN;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 7544241702     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.777     Document Type: Article

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