Reflections on fifty years of skin friction measurement

24th AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hakkinen, Raimo J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; SKIN FRICTION;

FLAT SURFACES; FLOATING ELEMENT; FRICTION MEASUREMENTS; HYPERSONIC VELOCITY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRACTICAL USE; PRESSURE GRADIENT CORRECTIONS; SWITZERLAND;

FRICTION;

EID: 85088720493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-2111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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