An experimental study of rotorcraft in ground effect

AHS Aeromechanics Specialists Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 381-389

  McCauley, Gregory J ^a   Tsai, William ^a   Savaş, Ömer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIXED WALL; FLOW REGIMES; FORWARD SPEED; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENT; ROTOR WAKE; TIME-AVERAGED; VORTEX DYNAMICS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; ROTORS; VELOCIMETERS; WAKES;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77953529019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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