Impact of rotor design on coaxial rotor performance, wake geometry and noise

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn I, Issue , 2006, Pages 41-63

  Wachspress, Daniel A ^a   Quackenbush, Todd R ^a  

^a Continuum Dynamics Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL ROTORS; SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (CO); UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES (UAV); BALDWIN TECHNOLOGIES; COAXIAL CONFIGURATION; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROTORCRAFT ANALYSIS; SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONS; SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS);

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AERODYNAMICS; UNMANNED VEHICLES; WAKES; AIRCRAFT; HELICOPTER ROTORS; ROTORS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ROTORS; DESIGN;

EID: 33748466706     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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