Analysis of quad tilt rotor blade aerodynamic loads using coupled CFD/free wake analysis

20th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Sitaraman, Jayanarayanan ^a   Baeder, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERTIBLE HELICOPTERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES;

BLADE AERODYNAMIC; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FORWARD SPEED; NAVIER STOKES SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE LOSS; QUAD TILT ROTOR; ROTOR BLADES; WAKE ANALYSIS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 85067316847     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-2813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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