Active control to augment rotor lead-lag damping

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1015, 1998, Pages 245-258

  Kessler, C ^a   Reichert, G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FEEDBACK; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES; LEAD LAG DAMPING AUGMENTATION;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0032069749     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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