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Review of aerodynamic design in the Netherlands [PDF]
Aerodynamic design activities in the Netherlands, which take place mainly at Fokker, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), and Delft University of Technology (TUD), are discussed.
Labrujere, Th. E.
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The development of aerodynamic uncertainties for the space shuttle orbiter [PDF]
The Shuttle Program development schedule and the management decision to perform an orbital, manned mission on the first launch resulted in a requirement to develop realistic aerodynamic uncertainties for the preflight aerodynamic predictions.
Underwood, J. M., Young, J. C.
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The aerodynamic design of an advanced rotor airfoil [PDF]
An advanced rotor airfoil, designed utilizing supercritical airfoil technology and advanced design and analysis methodology is described. The airfoil was designed subject to stringent aerodynamic design criteria for improving the performance over the ...
Blackwell, J. A., Jr., Hinson, B. L.
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A New Cokriging Method for Variable-Fidelity Surrogate Modeling of Aerodynamic Data [PDF]
Cokriging is a statistical interpolation method for the enhanced prediction of a less intensively sampled primary variable of interest with assistance of intensively sampled auxiliary variables. In the geostatistics community it is referred to as two- or
Görtz, Stefan +2 more
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The experiment of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuator using an asymmetrical electrodes configuration is conducted to investigate optical emission spectroscopy of the plasma discharge at pressures from 0.02 to 0.1 Mpa in air mixed with ...
S. Y. Xu, L. Kang, J. S. Cai, S. J. Tang
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The article discusses experimental investigations of wind effects and use of design codes for solving aerodynamic problems. It provides data regarding wind-tunnel tests conducted on three buildings with poorly streamlined shapes, including: methodology ...
Roman M. Pavlovsky +3 more
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Aerodynamic design using numerical optimization [PDF]
The procedure of using numerical optimization methods coupled with computational fluid dynamic (CFD) codes for the development of an aerodynamic design is examined.
Chapman, G. T., Murman, E. M.
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Simulation of Unsteady Aerdynamic Load for Rigid Coaxial Rotor in Forward Flight with Vortex Particle Method [PDF]
Co-axial rotor systems are frequently used for high-speed helicopters. Nevertheless, issues related to rotor-head drag, aerodynamic performance and vibration should also be considered. Simulating the unsteady aerodynamic loads for a rigid coaxial rotor,
Barakos, George N. +2 more
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Design, fabrication, and test of a composite material wind turbine rotor blade [PDF]
The aerodynamic design, structural design, fabrication, and structural testing is described for a 60 foot long filament wound, fiberglass/epoxy resin matrix wind turbine rotor blade for a 125 foot diameter, 100 kW wind energy conversion system. One blade
Griffee, D. G., Jr. +2 more
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The aerodynamic challenges of the design and development of the space shuttle orbiter [PDF]
The major aerodynamic design challenge at the beginning of the United States Space Transportation System (STS) research and development phase was to design a vehicle that would fly as a spacecraft during early entry and as an aircraft during the final ...
Gamble, J. D. +9 more
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