An anechoic wind tunnel for the investigation of the main-rotor/tail-rotor blade vortex interaction

American Helicopter Society International - 6th Australian Pacific Vertiflite Conference on Helicopter Technology and International Helicopter Safety Team South Pacific Regional Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-12

  Doolan, Con J ^a   Leclercq, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC TESTING; ANECHOIC WIND TUNNELS; ORTHOGONAL BLADE VORTEX INTERACTION (OBVI); TAIL ROTOR BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 44349105316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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