Assessment of rotorcraft brownout severity in terms of rotor design parameters

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 0320091-0320099

  Milluzzo, Joseph ^a   Leishman, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS; DUST; HELICOPTER ROTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; VORTICITY;

BLADE LOADING; BLADE TIP VORTEX; DESIGN FACTORS; DUST CLOUDS; LOOSE SEDIMENT; NET CIRCULATION; PUBLIC DOMAINS; RAPID EVOLUTION; ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY; ROTATIONAL SPEED; ROTOR DESIGN; ROTOR DISKS; ROTOR WAKE; TILT ROTOR; TIP SPEED; VORTICAL WAKES; VORTICITY DISTRIBUTION; WAKE CONVECTION;

WAKES;

EID: 77956144569     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.55.032009     Document Type: Article

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