Prediction of vortex breakdown in leading edge vortices above slender delta wings

2nd AIAA, Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Rusak, Z ^a   Lamb, D ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; FLUID MECHANICS; WINGS;

AXISYMMETRIC VORTEX; CIRCUMFERENTIAL SPEED; HIGH ANGLES OF ATTACK; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; UNIVERSAL CRITERION; VORTEX BREAKDOWN; VORTEX GENERATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 85088199883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-2860     Document Type: Conference Paper

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