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Lift

Lift is a force generated perpendicular to the oncoming airflow acting on an aerodynamic body, distinguishing it from drag which acts parallel to the flow.

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Fluctuating lift on a circular cylinder: review and new measurements

C. Norberg · Journal of Fluids and Structures · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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Control of Flow Over a Bluff Body

Haecheon Choi, Woo-Pyung Jeon, Jin‐Sung Kim · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2008 · 996 citations

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A doublet-lattice method for calculating lift distributions on oscillating surfaces in subsonic flows.

E. D. Albano, William P. Rodden · AIAA Journal · 1969 · 978 citations

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Airfoil Theory for Non-Uniform Motion

Th. von Kármán, W. R. Sears · Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE] · 1938 · 744 citations

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An approximate expression for the shear lift force on a spherical particle at finite reynolds number

Ran Mei · International Journal of Multiphase Flow · 1992 · 694 citations

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    Ismet Gursul

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 490 citations

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    Christopher L. Rumsey

    Langley Research Center, United States

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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    Zhijin Wang

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 359 citations

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  4. AR
    Anya R. Jones

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    10 publications · 668 citations

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  5. JC
    John C. Lin

    Langley Research Center, United States

    10 publications · 339 citations

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  1. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    33 h-index

    75 publications

    4.3K citations

  2. Beihang University

    Beijing, China

    21 h-index

    34 publications

    2K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    22 publications

    3K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    25 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    18 h-index

    35 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    16 h-index

    21 publications

    2K citations

  7. Boeing (United States)

    Chicago, United States

    16 h-index

    22 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    16 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Aircraft

    135 publications · 6.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    61 publications · 5.6K citations

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  3. AIAA Journal

    78 publications · 4.5K citations

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  4. Aerospace Science and Technology

    AST · 29 publications · 974 citations

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  5. Physics of Fluids

    34 publications · 1.4K citations

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