Interaction of tip-vortices in the wake of a two-bladed rotor in axial flight

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-164

  Jain, Rohit ^a   Conlisk, A T ^b  

^a CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

ADAMS MOULTON METHOD; AXIAL FLIGHT; LIFTING LINE THEORY; ROTOR CYCLES; TIP VORTICES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0034228852     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.45.157     Document Type: Article

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