Formation of a rotor tip vortex

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 739-749

  Li, Hui ^a,b,c   Burggraf, O R ^a,b   Conlisk, A T ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

KUTTA-KOUKOWSKY THEOREM; LIFTING LINE THEORY; ROTOR WAKE; TIP VORTEX;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0036757930     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3020     Document Type: Article

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