Unsteady aerodynamics of rotorcraft in ground effect

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 15229-15245

  Ganesh, Balakrishnan ^a   Komerath, Narayanan ^a   Pulla, Devi ^b   Conlisk, A T ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSELAGE LOAD; ROTORCRAFTS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FUSELAGES; GROUND EFFECT; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 30744449506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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