Performance analysis of a utility helicopter with standard and advanced rotors

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-270

  Yeo, Hyeonsoo ^a   Bousman, William G ^b   Johnson, Wayne ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AIRFRAMES; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUSELAGES; HELICOPTER ROTORS; PERFORMANCE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AIRFRAME AERODYNAMIC INTERFERENCE; FLIGHT TEST MEASUREMENT; MACH NUMBER; ROTOR BLADE; ROTOR POWER COEFFICIENT; UTILITY HELICOPTERS;

MILITARY HELICOPTERS;

EID: 4344606344     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.49.250     Document Type: Article

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