Extendable chord rotors for helicopter envelope expansion and performance improvement

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 593-605

  Khoshlahjeh, Maryam ^a   Gandhi, Farhan ^a   Webster, Steven ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b LEONARDO S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; AERODYNAMIC MODELS; AIRFOIL CHORD; AIRFOIL PROFILE; ANGLES OF ATTACK; BLADE TIP; DEEP STALL; DYNAMIC STALLS; GROSS WEIGHT; MAXIMUM SPEED; NAVIER STOKES; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PERFORMANCE SIMULATION; PITCHING MOMENTS; POWER REDUCTIONS; RANGE OF ANGLES OF ATTACK; RETREATING SIDE; ROTOR BLADES; ROTOR TORQUE; STATE DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TORSION DEFORMATION;

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; AIRFOILS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; DRAG; HELICOPTERS; MACH NUMBER; MODEL STRUCTURES; ROTORS (WINDINGS); THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 79960669394     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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