Computational analysis of the bow wave effect in air-to-air refueling

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Haag, Christian ^a   Schwaab, Matthew ^a   Blake, William ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC INTERFERENCE; AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING; BOW WAVES; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FLIGHT DATA; FLIGHT TEST; TEST DATA; VORTEX LATTICES;

CRYSTAL LATTICES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; WAVE EFFECTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84880807965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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