Experimental and numerical study of cyclogiro aerodynamics

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2866-2870

  Iosilevskii, Gil ^a,b,c   Levy, Yuval ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Faculty of Aerospace Engineering   (Israel)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; MAGNUS EFFECTS; MOMENTUM THEORY;

HELICOPTER ROTORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846055306     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.8227     Document Type: Article

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