Technical note prediction of the flow field of a rotor in ground effect

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-198

  Kang, Ning ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUND EFFECT; LAMINAR FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

CARTESIAN COORDINATES; ROTOR BLADES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0031123676     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.42.195     Document Type: Article

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