CFD simulations of tiltrotor configurations in hover

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-94

  Potsdam, Mark A ^a   Strawn, Roger C ^a  

^a US Army Aeroflightdyn Directorate   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFRAMES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

NAVIER-STOKES COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; TILT ROTOR AEROACOUSTICS MODEL; TILTROTOR HOVER;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 14044254125     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/1.3092845     Document Type: Article

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