Non-planarity to improve subsonic performance of delta wing at low angle of attack

43rd Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zheng, Y Y ^a,b   Ahmed, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLES OF ATTACK; DELTA WINGS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH-LIFT GENERATION; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LOAD BALANCE; STATIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; SUBSONIC SPEED;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ASPECT RATIO; FLUID DYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW;

DELTA WING AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84883501755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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