Flow field of a rotating-wing micro air vehicle

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn I, Issue , 2006, Pages 307-321

  Ramasamy, Manikandan ^a   Leishman, J Gordon ^a   Lee, Timothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE AXIS; FLOW VISUALIZATION IMAGES; MICRO AIR VEHICLES; SCALING PARAMETERS; AERODYNAMIC LOSS; EQUIVALENT TIME; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOVERING PERFORMANCE; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT REGIONS; VISUALIZATION IMAGES;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS; AERODYNAMICS; FLOW CONTROL; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION;

EID: 33748459909     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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