Multi-bladed lifting rotor simulation in hover, forward flight, and ground effect

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 991-1008

  Allen, C B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Computational Aerodynamics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GROUND EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

GRID DENSITY; LIFTING ROTORS; ROTOR DISK; VORTICAL WAKES;

ROTORS;

EID: 20544441911     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-5288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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