High resolution wake capturing methodology for hovering rotors

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-122

  Duraisamy, Karthikeyan ^a   Baeder, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

BLADE-VORTEX INTERACTION; HOVERING ROTOR; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 34249862909     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.52.110     Document Type: Article

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