Effects of shroud design variables on hover performance of a shrouded-rotor for micro air vehicle applications

AHS International Specialists' Meeting - Unmanned Rotorcraft: Design, Control and Testing, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 473-492

  Pereira, Jason ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSERS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); SHROUDED ROTORS; SHROUND DESIGN;

AIRCRAFT; DIFFUSION; PRODUCT DESIGN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ROTORS;

EID: 33644650787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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