Evaluation of the wake prediction methodologies used in CFD based rotor airload computations

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1657-1680

  Sitaraman, Jayanarayanan ^a   Baeder, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

AIRLOAD COMPUTATIONS; ROTORCRAFTS; WAKE COMPUTATION METHODOLOGIES;

ROTORS;

EID: 33845441615     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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