Parallel implementation of an upwind Euler solver for hovering rotor flows

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1021, 1999, Pages 129-138

  Allen, C B ^a   Jones, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STEADY FLOW;

BLADE-FIXED ROTATING COORDINATE SYSTEMS; EULER METHOD; HOVERING ROTOR FLOWS; TRANSFINITE INTERPOLATION;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0032647140     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000064939     Document Type: Article

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