Development of a CFD-based hover performance prediction tool for engineering analysis

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 152-167

  Bhagwat, Mahendra J ^a   Moulton, Marvin A ^b   Caradonna, Francis X ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODELING; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN; HYBRID COMPUTATION; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; SECOND GENERATION; STRONG DEPENDENCES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; MILITARY HELICOPTERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VISCOUS FLOW; WAKES;

LOADING;

EID: 84883522166     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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