Experimental and numerical investigation of rotor aerodynamics in forward flight

34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Berenger, T ^a   Favier, D ^a   Maresca, C ^a   Berton, E ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

BLADE AERODYNAMIC; CIRCULATION DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; LONG FOCAL LENGTHS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ROTOR AERODYNAMICS; VELOCITY FIELD MEASUREMENT; VORTEX CHARACTERISTICS;

VELOCITY;

EID: 85088352897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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