Simplified rotor inflow model for descent flight

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 936-944

  Chen, Chang ^a,b   Prasad, J V R ^a,c,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

AIRFLOW; INFLOW EQUATION; RING VORTEX MODEL; ROTOR INFLOW MODEL; VORTEX STRENGTH;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 34547173652     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.25910     Document Type: Article

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