Influence of elastomeric damper modeling on the dynamic response of helicopter rotors

AIAA Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 349-354

  Kunz, Donald L ^a,b  

^a McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

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EID: 0000024592     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13509     Document Type: Article

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3. Hausmann, G., and Gergely, P., "Approximate Methods for Thermoviscoelastic Characterization and Analysis of Elastomeric Lead-Lag Dampers," Eighteenth European Rotorcraft Forum, Paper 88, Avignon, France, Sept. 1992.
4. Gandhi, F., and Chopra, I., "An Analytical Model for a Nonlinear Elastomeric Lag Damper and Its Effect on Aeromechanical Stability in Hover," American Helicopter Society Aeromechanics Specialists Conf., San Francisco, CA, Jan. 1994.