Improvements in the computational modeling of rotor/fuselage interactions using unstructured grids

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 168-180

  O'Brien Jr , David M ^a   Smith, Marilyn J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; LOW MACH NUMBERS; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; TIME VARIATIONS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

ACTUATOR DISKS; AERODYNAMICS; MACH NUMBER; NASA;

FUSELAGES;

EID: 84883540435     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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