Application of a momentum source model to the RAH-66 comanche FANTAIL

AHS International 4th Decennial Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-15

  Nygaard, Tor A ^a   Dimanlig, Arsenio C ^a   Meadowcroft, Edward T ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Boeing US Army Prog/Mil R   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; MACH NUMBER; ROTOR BLADES; TAIL ROTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 2942519506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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