Application of a structured and an unstructured CFD-method to the fuselage aerodynamics of the EC145 helicopter. Prediction of the time averaged influence of the main rotor

ECCOMAS 2004 - European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  D'Alascio, Alessandro ^a   Pahlke, Klausdieter ^b   Le Chuiton, Frederic ^b  

^a EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (France)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actuator disk; Aerodynamics; CFD; EC145; FLOWer; TAU

Indexed keywords

EC145; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLOWER; REYNOLDS - AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; STRUCTURED CODES; TAU; UNSTRUCTURED CODES; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

ACTUATOR DISKS; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUSELAGES; HELICOPTERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS EQUATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84893469817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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