Implicit computational fluid dynamics methods for fast analysis of rotor flows

AIAA Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1217-1244

  Woodgate, M A ^a,b   Barakos, G N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CFD Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; CFD ANALYSIS; CFD SOLVER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; COMPUTER MEMORIES; CPU TIME; HARMONIC BALANCE; HARMONIC-BALANCE TECHNIQUES; HELICOPTER MANUFACTURERS; MULTIBLOCKS; PREDICTIVE METHODS; ROTOR FLOWS; ROTOR PERFORMANCE; SMALL PERTURBATIONS; STEADY STATE SOLUTION; TIME MARCHING; TYPICAL APPLICATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HELICOPTERS; LINEARIZATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; TURNAROUND TIME;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 84862546718     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J051155     Document Type: Article

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