Flowfield and acoustic measurements from a model tiltrotor in hover

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 921-929

  Polak, David R ^a,c,d   George, Albert R ^b,c,d  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AIRCRAFT MODELS; AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; EXTRAPOLATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

FOUNTAIN TURBULENCE; TILTROTORS;

VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032205185     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2387     Document Type: Article

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