An Aerodynamic Analysis of the Autogiro Rotor With a Comparison Between Calculated and Experimental Results
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This report presents an extension of the autogiro theory of Glauert and Lock in which the influence of a pitch varying with the blade radius is evaluated and methods of approximating the effect of blade tip losses and the influence of reversed velocities on the retreating blades are developed. A comparison of calculated and experimental results showed that most of the rotor characteristics could be calculated with reasonable accuracy, and that the type of induced flow assumed has a secondary ef…
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Date:
January 17, 1934
Creator:
Wheatley, John B.
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