The prediction and validation of hover performance and detailed blade loads

AHS Specialists Conference on Aerodynamics 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 672-690

  Schmitz, Sven ^a   Chattot, Jean Jacques ^a   Bhagwat, Mahendra ^b   Moulton, Marvin A ^c   Caradonna, Francis X ^c  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

^c US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DRAG; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BLADE LOADS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; EMBEDDINGS; FLUID-DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; HYBRID ANALYSIS; HYBRID COMPUTATIONAL; PERFORMANCE; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES SOLVERS; THRUST AND TORQUES; VALIDATION DATA;

WAKES;

EID: 58149526755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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