Recent improvements to a hybrid method for rotors in forward flight

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 804-812

  Yang, Zhong ^a   Sankar, Lakshmi N ^a   Smith, Marilyn J ^a   Bauchau, Oliver ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

FORWARD FLIGHT; MACH NUMBER;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0036758039     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3000     Document Type: Article

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