Strobed laser-sheet visualization of a helicopter rotor wake

Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-50

  Martin, Preston B ^a   Bhagwat, Mahendra J ^a   Leishman, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HELICOPTER ROTORS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

STROBED LASER SHEET VISUALIZATION; VORTEX SHEET;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HELICOPTER; ROTOR; VORTEX SHEET; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 0033633750     PISSN: 10653090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/jflowvisimageproc.v7.i1.40     Document Type: Article

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