Detection and control of flow separation using pressure sensors and micro-vortex generators

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Patel, Mehul P ^a   Carver, Reed ^a   Lisy, Frederick J ^a   Prince, Troy S ^a   Ng, Terry ^b  

^a Orbital Research Inc   (United States)

^b The University of Toledo   (United States)

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