Coupled CFD/CSD analysis of a maneuvering rotor using staggered & time-accurate coupling schemes

American Helicopter Society International - AHS Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 152-192

  Silbaugh, Benjamin ^a   Baeder, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; AIRLOADS; CFD/CSD; COUPLING SCHEME; DYNAMIC STALLS; FIXED FRAMES; HIGH FIDELITY; HIGH-SPEED FLIGHTS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; MANEUVERING FLIGHT; REFERENCE FRAME; STAGGERED SCHEMES; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; TIME-ACCURATE; TRANSONIC EFFECTS; UNSTEADY RANS;

TRANSONIC FLOW;

MANEUVERABILITY;

EID: 73449124106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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