Approximate Actuator Disk Model of a Rotor in Hover or Axial Flow Based on Vortex Modeling

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-79

  Rosen, Aviv ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; AXIAL FLOW; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX SHEDDING;

VORTEX MODELING; WAKE DISTORTION EFFECTS;

ROTORS;

EID: 1242284997     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.49.66     Document Type: Article

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