Technical note: Inboard sheet roll up of the wake of a small-scale rotor system

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-386

  Ghee, Terence A ^a  

^a ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

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EID: 0040098366     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.42.383     Document Type: Article

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