Active control of helicopter blade stall

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-98

  Nguyen, Khanh ^a,b,c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Rotorcraft Aeromechanics Branch   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TORQUE CONTROL; UNSTEADY FLOW;

STALL SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0031685686     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2264     Document Type: Article

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