Investigation of aerodynamic improvements using wing tip sails

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Jarvis, Joshua B ^a   Selberg, Bruce P ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; LAMINAR FLOW; LIFT; NASA; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; BOUNDARY LAYER ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LIFT COEFFICIENT; MOMENTUM INTEGRAL; NATURAL LAMINAR FLOWS; VISCOUS DRAG;

DIHEDRAL ANGLE;

EID: 84983172654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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