PIV measurements and computational study of a 5-inch ducted fan for V/STOL UAV applications

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Akturk, Ali ^a   Shavalikul, Akamol ^a   Camci, Cengiz ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS; AERODYNAMIC MODIFICATIONS; AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ANGULAR MOMENTUM CONSERVATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM; DUCTED FAN; ENERGY EQUATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAN AERODYNAMICS; FAN INLET; FORWARD FLIGHT; HIGH RESOLUTION; MEAN FLOW; OPEN PROPELLERS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETER; PIV MEASUREMENTS; SENSOR POSITIONING; UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLE;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; INTAKE SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 78549250715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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