Direct circulation measurement of a wing tip vortex using ultrasound

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Desabrais, K J ^a   Johari, H ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ASPECT RATIO; PLANFORMS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

CIRCULATION DISTRIBUTION; PULSING FREQUENCIES; TECHNIQUE MEASURES; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND METHODS; ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES; VELOCITY FIELD DATA; WING ASPECT RATIO;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84982318407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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