The influence of composite induced couplings on tiltrotor whirl flutter stability

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-144

  Barkai, Shirley M ^a   Rand, Omri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); COUPLINGS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SYSTEM STABILITY; WINGS;

BEAMWISE BENDING TWIST; CHORDWISE BENDING TWIST; COMPOSITE COUPLINGS; TILTROTOR AIRCRAFTS;

VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032050089     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.43.133     Document Type: Article

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