Trapped-vortex in ground effect

32nd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Garcia, Darwin L ^a   Katz, Joseph ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; GROUND EFFECT; WIND TUNNELS;

FLAT PLATE; GROUND CLEARANCE; GROUND PLANES; ROAD VEHICLES; STREAMWISE VORTICES; TRAPPED VORTEX; VORTEX GENERATORS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 85088723168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-3307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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