Evaluation of computational fluid dynamics to determine two-dimensional airfoil characteristics for rotorcraft applications

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-79

  Smith, Marilyn J ^a   Potsdam, Mark ^b   Wong, Tin Chee ^c   Baeder, James D ^d   Phanse, Sujeet ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

^c US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC PROPERTIES; ROTORCRAFT; VIBRATORY LOADS;

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; LIFT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TABLE LOOKUP; WIND TUNNELS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 33644644635     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/1.3092879     Document Type: Article

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