Discrete blade CFD analysis of ducted tail fan flow

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 4305-4318

  Ruzicka, Gene C ^a   Strawn, Roger C ^a   Meadowcroft, Edward T ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTS; FANS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HELICOPTER ROTORS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TORQUE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ANTITORQUE SYSTEMS; DUCTED FAN TAILS; FLOW FIELDS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 2942541088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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