Implementation of the WICS wall interference correction system at the national transonic facility

21st Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Iyer, Venkit ^a   Martin, Lockheed ^a   Everhart, Joel L ^a   Bir, Pamela J ^b   Ulbrich, Norbert ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIGYAN INC   (United States)

^c JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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