Experimental investigation of a loaded rotor blade's interaction with a single vortex

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1018, 1998, Pages 451-457

  Masson, C A ^a   Green, R B ^a   Galbraith, R A McD ^a   Coton, F N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; ROTORS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

BLADE-VORTEX INTERACTION (BVI);

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032183730     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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