Considerations about winglet design

21st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  de Mattos, Bento S ^a   Macedo, Antonini P ^a   da Silva Filho, Durval H ^a  

^a EMBRAER S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG REDUCTION; WIND TUNNELS;

AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; COST/BENEFIT; INDUCED DRAG; LONG RANGES; MILITARY AIRPLANES; TOTAL DRAGS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85067318826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-3502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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