Design and predictions for a high-altitude (Low- reynolds-number) aerodynamic flight experiment

17th Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 589-605

  Greer, Donald ^a   Hamory, Phil ^a   Krake, Keith ^b   Drela, Mark ^c  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Sparta Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; NASA; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AIRFOIL PERFORMANCE; BOUNDARY LAYER INSTABILITY; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; NAVIER STOKES ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; STATIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA , LOS ANGELES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84964284498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-3183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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