Experiments on the optimization of MAV-scale cycloidal rotor characteristics towards improving their aerodynamic performance

American Helicopter Society International - International Specialists Meeting on Unmanned Rotorcraft 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 410-429

  Benedict, Moble ^a   Ramasamy, Manikandan ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a   Leishman, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ANGLES OF ATTACK; BALANCE MEASUREMENT; BLADE PITCH; CYCLOCOPTER; FIGURE OF MERIT; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; INDUCED VELOCITY; LIFT AND DRAG; MOMENTUM BALANCES; MOMENTUM THEORY; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PER UNIT; PIV MEASUREMENTS; POWER FACTORS; POWER LOADING; POWER-LOSSES; ROTATING CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; ROTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTOR WAKE; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THRUST MEASUREMENT; VERTICAL LIFT;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; CYCLOIDAL PROPULSION VEHICLES; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; WAKES;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 70350534349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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