Hover performance of a cycloidal rotor for a micro air vehicle

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-279

  Sirohi, Jayant ^a   Parsons, Eric ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TURBINES;

MICRO AIR VEHICLES; SMALL-SCALE CYCLOIDAL ROTOR;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 34548153349     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.52.263     Document Type: Article

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