Improving the aerodynamic performance of micro-air-vehicle-scale cycloidal rotor: An experimental approach

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1117-1125

  Benedict, Moble ^a,b   Ramasamy, Manikandan ^a,b,c   Chopra, Inderjit ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FLOW FIELDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENT; ROTATIONAL SPEED; THRUST VECTORS; TYPICAL VALUES;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 77955546032     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.45791     Document Type: Article

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