Helicopter fuselage aerodynamics under a rotor by Navier-Stokes simulation

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-243

  Chaffin, Mark S ^a   Berry, John D ^b  

^a VIGYAN INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUSELAGES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VISCOUS FLOW;

CHIMERA GRIDS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0031188979     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.42.235     Document Type: Article

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