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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2022): January-AprilSection:
Mechanical EngineeringCharacterization, Design Testing and Numerical Modeling of a Subsonic-Low Speed Wind Tunnel
Caracterización, pruebas de diseño y modelado numérico de un túnel de viento subsónico de baja velocidad
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túneles de viento, Método de Elementos Finitos, flujo irrotacional (es).Keywords:
wind tunnels, Finite Element Method, irrotational flow (en).Downloads
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