The long time structure of the rotor wake in ground effect

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 11285-11297

  Pulla, Devi ^a   Conlisk, A T ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFTING-LINE THEORY; PERIODICITY; ROTOR WAKES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND EFFECT; ROTORS; VORTEX FLOW;

WAKES;

EID: 30744450253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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