Using tightly-coupled CFD/CSD simulation for rotorcraft stability analysis

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2882-2893

  Zaki, Afifa ^a   Reveles, Nicolas ^a   Smith, Marilyn J ^a   Bauchau, Olivier A ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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