Interaction of riblets and vortex generators on an airfoil

14th Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 417-427

  Wetzel, Kyle K ^a   Farokhi, Saeed ^b  

^a NeoEnergy Corporation   (United States)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SKIN FRICTION; WIND TUNNELS;

AIRFOIL DRAG; FLOW DIRECTION; RIBLETS; SKIN-FRICTION DRAG; V GROOVES; VORTEX GENERATORS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84964286171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-2428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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