Investigation of performance improvements including application of inlet guide vanes to a cross-flow fan

Approved for public release, distribution unlimited === The inherent characteristics of a cross-flow fan allowing for easy thrust vectoring as well as potential airfoil boundary layer control make it an attractive propulsive means for a theoretical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. However, to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cordero, Samuel F.
Other Authors: Hobson, Garth V.
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/4531