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This paper describes a nonintrusive method for the visualization of the flow about a delta wing with spanwise blowing jets, based on the schlieren technique. The effects of the jet/leading-edge vortex interference are visualized by using both air and helium for the jets. The visualization of the leading-edge vortex trajectories and their breakdown, as well as the influence of the jets on them is achieved by spanwise blowing of air. The visualization of the jets' paths and the effects of the leading-edge vortices on these paths is achieved by spanwise blowing of helium.
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Er-El, J. The visualization of the flowfield about a delta wing with spanwise blowing. Experiments in Fluids 6, 419–421 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196487
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196487