Computational/experimental study of hovering rotor tip vortex formation

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn I, Issue , 2006, Pages 359-376

  Duraisamy, Karthikeyan ^a   Ramasamy, Manikandan ^a   Baeder, James D ^a   Leishman, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOVERING HELICOPTER; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES (RANS); ROTOR TIPS; COHERENT STRUCTURE; CROSS-FLOW SEPARATION; HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PLANAR MEASUREMENTS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS)EQUATIONS;

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; AERODYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FORECASTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND TUNNELS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33748469518     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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