Experimental study of the effect of helical grooves on an infinite cylinder

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited === A series of low-speed wind-tunnel investigation were conducted to determine the aerodynamic behavior of a grooved cylinder representing a long trailing wire antenna towed from an orbiting airplane. The large angle-of-attack range of the tra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stuart, Thomas Dean
Other Authors: Louis V. Schmidt
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23893