Eulerian simulation of the fluid dynamics of helicopter brownout

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1416-1429

  Phillips, Catriona ^a,b   Brown, Richard E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AIR SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; EULERIAN SIMULATIONS; RECIRCULATORY FLOWS; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 73349083356     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.41999     Document Type: Article

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