The vortex ring state as a spatially and temporally developing wake instability

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-175

  Leishman, J Gordon ^a   Bhagwat, Mahendra J ^a,b   Ananthan, Shreyas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICOIDAL FORM; HOVERING FLIGHT; VORTEX RING STATE;

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 37849188268     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.49.160     Document Type: Article

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