Effects of an image plane on the tiltrotor fountain flow

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 90-96

  Polak, David R ^a   Rehm, Werner ^b   George, Albert R ^c  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MODELS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; JETS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FOUNTAIN FLOW; TILTROTOR AIRCRAFTS;

VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0033722150     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.45.90     Document Type: Article

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