Surface oil flow measurements on several airfoils at low Reynolds numbers

21st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  McGranahan, Bryan D ^a   Selig, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DATA VISUALIZATION; DRAG; NASA; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

AIRFOIL PERFORMANCE; DRAG POLARS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; OIL FLOW VISUALIZATION; SURFACE FLOW; TURBULENCE PRESSURE; UPPER SURFACE;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 85067321075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-4067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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