Role of filament strain in the free-vortex modeling of rotor wakes

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 176-191

  Ananthan, Shreyas ^a   Leishman, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAMENT STRAIN; FREE-VORTEX MODELING; ROTOR WAKES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 34250860894     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.49.176     Document Type: Article

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