Rao, Mukul and Hoysall, Dhruv C and Gopalan, Jagadeesh (2014) Mahogany seed - a step forward in deciphering autorotation. In: CURRENT SCIENCE, 106 (8). pp. 1101-1109.
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Abstract
This article presents an experimental approach for evaluating the various flight characteristics of a mahogany seed in its autorotative descent. Analytical formulae proposed by Yasuda and Azuma are used to interpret the results. The findings are used in the development of a sophisticated blade element computational model, primarily to analyse planar autorotating systems. This approximate computational approach is then used to predict the flight performance of mahogany seeds and the results are compared with experimental data. The potential use of the computational model in the design of autorotating systems is then brought to light.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | CURRENT SCIENCE |
| Publisher: | INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES |
| Additional Information: | copyright for this article belongs to INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES, C V RAMAN AVENUE, SADASHIVANAGAR, P B #8005, BANGALORE 560 080, INDIA |
| Keywords: | Autorotation; computational approach; flight characteristics; mahogany seed |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering) |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2014 09:43 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2014 09:43 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/49226 |
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