Experimental investigation of the effect of rotor geometry and blade kinematics on the performance of a MAV-scale cycloidal rotor

American Helicopter Society International - AHS Specialists' Meeting on Unmanned Rotorcraft and Network Centric Operations 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 302-320

  Benedict, Moble ^a   Jarugumilli, Tejaswi ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE CHORD; BLADE SPAN; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW CURVATURE; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; MICRO-SCALES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PITCH ANGLE; PLANFORM; POWER LOADING; ROTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTOR RADIUS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TAPER RATIOS;

AIRCRAFT; GEOMETRY; HELICOPTER SERVICES; KINEMATICS; ROTORS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 84857881916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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