Ground effect aerodynamics of lifting rotors hovering above inclined ground plane

17th Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 797-807

  Xin, H ^a   Prasad, J V R ^a   Peters, D A ^b   Itoga, N ^c   Iboshi, N ^c   Nagashima, T ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; HELICOPTER SERVICES; WAKES;

GENERALIZED DYNAMIC WAKES; GROUND SURFACES; INCLINATION ANGLES; INFLUENCE COEFFICIENTS MATRIX; NATIONAL DEFENSE; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE PERTURBATION;

GROUND EFFECT;

EID: 84964253605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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