Benchmarking PIV with LDV for rotor wake vortex flows

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1796-1824

  Ramasamy, Manikandan ^a,b   Leishman, J Gordon ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c Department of Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HELICOPTER ROTORS; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMTERY (PIV);

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33845438067     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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