Assessment of predictive capability of aeromechanics methods

AHS Specialists Conference on Aerodynamics 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 583-604

  William, J ^a   Bousman, G ^a   Norman, Thomas ^b  

^a Quercus Associates SL   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AMERICAN HELICOPTER SOCIETIES; ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; BLADE AERODYNAMIC; HOVER AND FORWARD FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SIMPLE++; SYSTEM VIBRATIONS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 58149487616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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