Investigation of quad tiltrotor aerodynamics in forward flight using CFD

20th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Gupta, Vinit ^a   Baeder, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONVERTIBLE HELICOPTERS; PROPELLERS; WAKES;

CARTESIAN GRID; ENERGY EQUATION; FORWARD FLIGHT; HORIZONTAL FORCES; ROTOR SYSTEMS; SOLID SURFACE; THRUST DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFER INFORMATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85067318185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-2812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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