Modeling of bow wave effect in aerial refueling

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dogan, Atilla ^a   Blake, William ^b  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR REFUELING; AIRCRAFT; ANTENNAS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; END EFFECTORS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE EFFECTS;

AERIAL REFUELING; AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; CONTACT POSITION; HORSESHOE VORTICES; INDUCED FLOW FIELD; NON-UNIFORM FLOW FIELDS; PITCHING MOMENT COEFFICIENTS; RESEARCH RESULTS;

WINGS;

EID: 85086951716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-7926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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