An experimental investigation on aerodynamic hysteresis of a low-Reynolds number airfoil

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yang, Zifeng ^a   Igarashi, Hirofumi ^a   Martin, Mathew ^a   Hu, Hui ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AIRFOIL SURFACES; ANGLES OF ATTACK; BOUNDARY-LAYER SEPARATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIOR; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; LOW SPEED; SURFACE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRFOILS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; DRAG; FLOW FIELDS; LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER; NASA; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HYSTERESIS;

EID: 76749094352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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