Simulation of a cycloidal rotor system using an overset rans solver

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2341-2360

  Yang, Kan ^a   Lakshminarayan, Vinod K ^a   Baeder, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE VORTEX INTERACTION; COLLECTIVE PITCH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODOLOGY; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HORIZONTAL AXIS; PERIODIC VARIATION; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; THRUST DISTRIBUTION;

FLOW FIELDS; VELOCITY;

CYCLOIDAL PROPULSION VEHICLES;

EID: 84884410940     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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