Coupled CFD/CSD prediction of rotor aerodynamic and structural dynamic loads for three critical flight conditions

31st European Rotorcraft Forum

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sitaraman, Jayanarayanan ^a   Datta, Anubhav ^a   Baeder, James ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRLOADS; ELASTIC TWIST; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; TRANSITION FLIGHT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROTORS; SPEED CONTROL; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 33746616946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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