Evaluation of CFD to determine two-dimensional airfoil characteristics for rotorcraft applications

Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 564-578

  Smith, Marilyn J ^a   Wong, Tin Chee ^b   Potsdam, Mark ^c   Baeder, James ^d   Phanse, Sujeet ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

^c US Army Res Devmt/Eng Command   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC PROPERTIES; ROTORCRAFTS; VIBRATORY LOADS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIFT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTORS; TURBULENCE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIND TUNNELS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 4143151641     PISSN: 07334249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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