A review of helicopter rotor blade tip shapes

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-74

  Brocklehurst, A ^a   Barakos, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Computational fluid dynamics; Helicopters; Rotor blade design; Tip shape; Tip vortex

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TOOLS; BLADE TIP; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; DESIGN CONCEPT; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES; FLIGHT TEST; HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES; NEW ROTORS; PAST AND PRESENT; ROTOR BLADES; TIME-SCALES; TIP SHAPE; TIP VORTEX;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; HELICOPTERS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TUNNELS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84873714153     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2012.06.003     Document Type: Review

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