Actuator disk for helicopter rotors in an unstructured flow solver

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-68

  Schweikhard, Roland ^a  

^a Rolls Royce Deutschland ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUSELAGES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); ROTATING DISKS; VISCOUS FLOW;

ACTUATOR DISK; FLOW SIMULATION TOOL; PROPELLER SIMULATION; ROTOR FORCE DISTRIBUTION;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 33847688912     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.52.58     Document Type: Article

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