Acronyms
3AF
Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France (French
Aeronautics and Astronautics Society)
ACE
Aero Concept Engineering
ASI
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
ASL
Airbus Safran Launchers
BETI
Bruit-Environnement-Transport-Ingénierie
CARS
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering
CCA
Constant Current Anemometry
CEA
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
(French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission)
CEAT
Centre d’Etudes Aérodynamiques et Thermiques
CFD
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CIRA
Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali
CNAM
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
CNRS
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (French National
Centre for Scientific Research)
CROR
Counter-Rotating Open Rotor
CSTB
Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (Scientific and
Technical Centre for Building)
CTA
Constant-Temperature Anemometry
CVA
Constant-Voltage Anemometry
DARPA
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency
DES
Detached Eddy Simulation
DGV
Doppler Global Velocimetry
DLCARS
Double-Line Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering
DLR
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
DNS
Direct Numerical Simulation
DNW
Deutsch Niederländische Windkanäle
DSMC
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo
EBF
Electron Beam Fluorescence
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