Rotor blade airfoil design for high-altitude, long-endurance VTOL UAVs

31st European Rotorcraft Forum

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Martin, Preston B ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFDD 50K30; HIGH-ALTITUDE ROTOR BLADE AIRFOILS; HIGH-SUBSONIC MACH NUMBER; UAV;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; LAMINAR FLOW; MACHINE DESIGN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHOCK WAVES; TRANSONIC FLOW;

VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

EID: 33646544876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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