Modem skin friction measurement techniques: Description, use, and what to do with the data

21st Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Naughton, Jonathan W ^a   Sheplak, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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