The effect of grid topology and density on inviscid hovering rotor solutions

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-95

  Allen, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Euler equations; Rotor flows; Structured grid generation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; VORTEX FLOW;

EULER EQUATIONS; GRID TOPOLOGY; ROTOR FLOWS; STRUCTURED GRID GENERATION;

ROTORS;

EID: 0002954841     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954410991532864     Document Type: Article

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