Numerical simulation of incompressible two-blade rotor flowfields

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-374

  Ekaterinaris, John A ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Nielsen Engineering & Research Inc   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WIND TURBINES;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOWFIELD; TWO BLADE ROTORS;

ROTORS;

EID: 0032069992     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5289     Document Type: Article

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