Jet switching phenomenon for a plunging airfoil

34th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Heathcote, S ^a   Gursul, I ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; DOPPLER EFFECT; GAS DYNAMICS; STIFFNESS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTICITY;

DEFLECTION ANGLES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OSCILLATING AIRFOIL; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENT; SWITCHING PERIOD; SWITCHING PHENOMENON;

SWITCHING;

EID: 85087593457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-2150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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