The ultra-low Reynolds number airfoil wake

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-103

  Alam, Md Mahbub ^a   Zhou, Y ^a   Yang, H X ^a   Guo, H ^b   Mi, J ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; LIFT FORCE; LOAD CELLS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NEAR WAKE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SEPARATION BUBBLE; VORTEX FORMATION; WAKE BUBBLE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 76749153772     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0713-7     Document Type: Article

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