Numerical simulation of the peculiar subsonic flow-field about the VFE-2 delta wing with rounded leading edge

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fritz, Willy ^a  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT LEADING EDGES; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; DELTA WINGS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW EXPERIMENTS; LEADING EDGE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PRESSURE SENSITIVE PAINTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER EFFECT; SUBSONIC SPEED; SURFACE FLOW; SURFACE PRESSURES;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SWEPT WINGS;

EID: 78149423599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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