A General Theory of Rotorcraft Trim

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-34

  Peters, David A ^a   Barwey, Dinesh ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Rotorcraft; trim

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005228036     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1024123X9600021X     Document Type: Article

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