Eulerian simulation of the fluid dynamics of helicopter brownout

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1194-1211

  Phillips, Catriona ^a   Brown, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DUST; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GAS DYNAMICS; HELICOPTERS; MECHANICS; SPEED; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AIR SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COUPLED MODELING; DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES; DUST CLOUDS; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; EULERIAN; EULERIAN SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW FIELDS; FRAME OF REFERENCE; GROUND VORTEX; LOCAL PROPERTIES; NEAR-EQUILIBRIUM; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; VORTICITY TRANSPORT MODEL;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 50049120991     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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