Computation of helicopter fuselage aerodynamics using Navier-Stokes CFD methods

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 147-156

  Costes, M ^a   Von Geyr, H Frhr ^b   Collercandy, R ^a   Kroll, N ^b   Renzoni, P ^c   Amato, M ^c   Kokkalis, A ^d   Rocchetto, A ^e   Serr, C ^f   Larrey, E ^g   Filippone, A ^h   Wehr, D ⁱ  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^d GKN Aerospace   (United States)

^e Acoust Vibr and Diagnostics Dept AGUSTA   (Italy)

^f EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (France)

^g SIMULOG   (France)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁱ IAG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUSELAGES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

BLIND TEST CALCULATIONS; FLOW SEPARATION EFFECTS; HELICOPTER FUSELAGE AERODYNAMICS;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 0034228596     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.45.147     Document Type: Article

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