Computationally fast harmonic balance methods for unsteady aerodynamic predictions of helicopter rotors

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 6206-6225

  Ekici, Kivanc ^a   Hall, Kenneth C ^a   Dowell, Earl H ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Frequency domain methods; Harmonic balance technique; Helicopter rotors; Unsteady aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC PREDICTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; FORWARD FLIGHT; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN METHODS; HARMONIC BALANCE METHOD; HARMONIC-BALANCE TECHNIQUES; HELICOPTER BLADES; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 43049104543     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.02.028     Document Type: Article

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