The aircraft engine inlet vortex problem

AIAA's Aircraft Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) 2002 Technical Forum

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Johns, Christopher J ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

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