Effects of surface blowing/suction on the aerodynamics of helicopter rotor blade-vortex interactions (BVI) - A numerical simulation

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 182-194

  Hassan, Ahmed A ^a   Straub, Friedrich K ^a   Charles, Bruce D ^a  

^a McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

ROTOR BLADES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CAMRAD/JA; SURFACE BLOWING; SURFACE SUCTION;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0031121652     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.42.182     Document Type: Article

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