Vortex flows over fixed-wing micro air vehicles

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Gursul, I ^a   Taylor, G ^a   Wooding, C L ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ASPECT RATIO; DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; FIXED WINGS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LOW ASPECT RATIO WINGS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TUNNELS; WATER SUPPLY TUNNELS;

DOUBLE-DELTA WINGS; FORCE FLUCTUATIONS; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; UNSTEADY INTERACTION; VORTEX INTERACTIONS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 85088720830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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