CFD Analysis of Contrarotating Open Rotor Aerodynamic Interactions

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijae/volume-2018/9538787/figures/9538787.fig.0014a.svgz" name="9538787.fig.0014a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>SRP cross section Mach number distribution</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijae/volume-2018/9538787/figures/9538787.fig.0014b.svgz" name="9538787.fig.0014b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>SRP time-averaged slipstream velocity</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijae/volume-2018/9538787/figures/9538787.fig.0014c.svgz" name="9538787.fig.0014c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>CROR cross section Mach number distribution</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijae/volume-2018/9538787/figures/9538787.fig.0014d.svgz" name="9538787.fig.0014d" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(d) </b>CROR time-averaged slipstream velocity</td></tr></table>

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International Journal of Aerospace Engineering

CFD Analysis of Contrarotating Open Rotor Aerodynamic Interactions

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