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Development of the discrete vortex cylinders method for calculating the helicopter rotor induced velocity

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The numerical method for calculating the induced velocities of the helicopter rotor was developed based on Shaidakov’s disk theory. The numerical experiments were performed to test and estimate the method developed.

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  1. OAO Kazan Helicopters, ul. Tetsevskaya 87, Kazan, 420085, Tatarstan, Russia

    E. I. Nikolaev

  2. Tupolev Kazan National Research Technical University, ul. Karla Marksa 10, Kazan, 420111, Tatarstan, Russia

    M. N. Nikolaeva

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Original Russian Text © E.I. Nikolaev, M.N. Nikolaeva, 2016, published in Izvestiya VUZ, Aviatsionnaya Tekhnika, 2016, No. 1, pp. 9–14

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Nikolaev, E.I., Nikolaeva, M.N. Development of the discrete vortex cylinders method for calculating the helicopter rotor induced velocity. Russ. Aeronaut. 59, 8–14 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068799816010025

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