Rotor wake development during the first revolution

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-390

  McAlister, Kenneth W ^a  

^a US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

ROTOR WAKE; VORTEX MODELS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 8644292622     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.49.371     Document Type: Article

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