Flow-quality measurements and qualification of the Pennsylvania State University Low-Speed, Low-Turbulence Wind tunnel

50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Premi, Amandeep ^a,c   Maughmer, Mark D ^a,c   Brophy, Christopher ^b,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^d Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW QUALITY; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER; NETHERLANDS; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; PRESSURE TUNNEL; SPATIAL UNIFORMITY; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL AIRFOILS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRFOILS; EXHIBITIONS;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 84862288460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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