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Computational modeling of interference between helicopter main and tail rotors based on nonlinear blade vortex model

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The Mi-2 helicopter was taken as an example for modeling the main and tail rotors operation with account for the interference at low speed sliding flight. Aerodynamic characteristics were calculated. The form of nonlinear vortical wake was obtained.

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  1. Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Volokolamskoe shosse 4, Moscow, 125993, Russia

    Yu. M. Ignatkin, P. V. Makeev & A. I. Shomov

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Original Russian Text© Yu.M. Ignatkin, P.V. Makeev, A.I. Shomov, 2016, published in Izvestiya VUZ, Aviatsionnaya Tekhnika, 2016, No. 1, pp. 41–47.

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Ignatkin, Y.M., Makeev, P.V. & Shomov, A.I. Computational modeling of interference between helicopter main and tail rotors based on nonlinear blade vortex model. Russ. Aeronaut. 59, 44–50 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068799816010074

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