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Various aspects of the aerodynamics of V/STOL and STO/VL aircraft have been the subject of many studies over the past 20 to 30 years. Most of these studies have been experimental investigations because at low speeds the flow fields around these aircraft involve large deflections of local flow relative to the free stream as well as significant amounts of viscous mixing. Some of these studies have been specialized investigations undertaken to study specific phenomena and others have been tests to gather design and performance data on proposed airplane configurations. Out of these studies a good understanding of most of the flow phenomena involved in hovering and low speed flight has evolved, and in some cases empirical methods for estimating the effects of these flows on the aerodynamic characteristics of these airplanes have been derived. More recently, theoretical studies have been undertaken and analytical tools for predicting the aerodynamic characteristics are being developed. These methods rely on the basic understanding of the flow fields that is in hand and most also rely at least partially on empirical correlations.
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Kuhn, R.E. (1986). The Induced Aerodynamics of Jet and Fan Powered V/STOL Aircraft. In: Krothapalli, A., Smith, C.A. (eds) Recent Advances in Aerodynamics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4972-6_9
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