On the prospects of improving the numerical analysis of symmetric airfoils at low Reynolds numbers and high angles of attack by a LES approach: the case of NACA0021 profile

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Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 197, 2020 75^th National ATI Congress – #7 Clean Energy for all (ATI 2020)


Article Number		08015
Number of page(s)		12
Section		Environmental Sustainability and Renewable Energy Sources
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019708015
Published online		22 October 2020

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