Effect of pitch rate on near-surface topology on a delta wing

AIAA Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1207-1220

  Goruney, T ^a,b   Rockwell, D ^a,b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLES OF ATTACK; DELTA WINGS; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; FLOW DISTORTION; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE TOPOLOGY; PITCH RATE; STATIONARY WING; SURFACE PATTERN; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; SWEEP ANGLE; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TOPOLOGICAL FEATURES; TOPOLOGICAL STATE;

COMPUTER CRIME; DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; TEXTILE PRINTING; TOPOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 77952704914     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J050097     Document Type: Article

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