Predictions of rotor performance in ground effect using a free-vortex wake model

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-314

  Griffiths, Daniel A ^a,b   Ananthan, Shreyas ^a   Leishman, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

FREE-VORTEX WAKE; ROTOR WAKE; SURFACE SINGULARITY METHOD;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 27844471655     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/1.3092867     Document Type: Article

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