Review of flow quality issues in wind tunnel testing

20th AIAA Advanced Measurement and Ground Testing Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Saric, William S ^a   Reshotko, Eli ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTING;

FLOW QUALITY; LOW SPEED; ON FLOW; TURBULENCE TUNNELS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 84983134639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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