Efficient use of an upwind Euler code for multi-bladed rotor design

17th Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 830-841

  Allen, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CODES (SYMBOLS); MESH GENERATION;

BLADE SECTION; BLADED ROTORS; BOUNDARY MOTION; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; EULER SOLVER; GRID GENERATION; GRID QUALITY; NORMAL DIRECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33747568731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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