Finite element adaptive multigrid Euler solver for rotary wing aerodynamics

AIAA journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-56

  Bottasso, Carlo L ^a   Shephard, Mark S ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EULER EQUATIONS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0033639891     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.921     Document Type: Article

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