Enhancement of transonic airfoil performance using pulsed jets for separation control

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Tilmann, Carl P ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; FLOW CONTROL; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; PASSIVE FLOW CONTROL; PULSING FREQUENCIES; SEPARATION CONTROL; SHOCK INDUCED SEPARATION; TRANSONIC AIRFOILS; VORTEX GENERATOR JETS;

SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

EID: 85087599522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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