A CFD investigation of wind tunnel wall influences on pitching delta wings

20th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Allans, M R ^a   Badcock, K J ^a   Richards, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Delta wing; Tunnel interference

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

DELTA WINGS; DOMINANT FACTOR; EULER SIMULATION; PITCHING MOTION; TUNNEL INTERFERENCE; TUNNEL WALL; VORTEX BREAKDOWN; WIND TUNNEL WALLS;

DELTA WING AIRCRAFT;

EID: 85067318669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-2938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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