Micro-rotorcraft performance improvement using trailing-edge Gurney flaps

Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 73-87

  Nelson, Jeremy M ^a   Koratkar, Nikhil A ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; LIFT; MANEUVERABILITY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNMANNED VEHICLES; WINGS;

FLAPPING WINGS; MACH NUMBERS; MICRO AIR VEHICLES (MAV);

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 4143133114     PISSN: 07334249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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