Simulated flowfields in near-ground operation of single- and twin-rotor configurations

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 214-220

  Kang, Ning ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GROUND EFFECT; HELICOPTER ROTORS; LAMINAR FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

LOW FLIGHT SPEED; NEAR GROUND OPERATION;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033905356     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2609     Document Type: Article

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