Numerical analysis of F/A-18 vertical tail buffeting

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Sheta, Essam F ^a   Huttsell, Lawrence J ^b  

^a CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; BOMBERS; BUFFETING; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; HIGH ANGLES OF ATTACK; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; REYNOLDS AVERAGED; STRUCTURE DYNAMICS; TORSIONAL RESPONSE; TRANSFINITE INTERPOLATION;

VERTICAL STABILIZERS;

EID: 85067319534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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