Performance of a cycloidal rotor concept for micro air vehicle applications

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0220021-02200214

  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

ACTUAL FLIGHT; BLADE AIRFOIL; BLADE FLEXIBILITY; BLADE PITCH; BLADE SECTION; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PIV MEASUREMENTS; POWER LOADING; ROTATIONAL SPEED; STALL DELAY; THRUST FORCES;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; AIRFOILS; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 77952678217     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.55.022002     Document Type: Article

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