Modeling of flexible rotor blades for helicopter flight dynamics applications

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-61

  Turnour, Stephen R ^a   Celi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

COUPLED FLAP LAG TORSION ELASTIC ROTOR MODEL; FLEXIBLE ROTOR BLADES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0029732519     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.41.52     Document Type: Article

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