The phenomenon of helicopter rotor blade sailing

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 347-363

  Newman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blade sailing; Dynamic ship interface; Helicopter; Operations; Rotor; Tunnel strikes

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; HELICOPTERS; WIND;

BLADE SAILING; DYNAMIC SHIP INTERFACE; TUNNEL STRIKES;

ROTORS;

EID: 1842474172     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: 09544100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954410991533070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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