Technical note. Correlation studies for hingeless rotors in forward flight using 2GCHAS

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-262

  Millott, Thomas A ^a   Friedmann, Peretz P ^b   Yuan, Kuo An ^c  

^a SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

FORWARD FLIGHT; HINGELESS ROTORS; ROTOR BLADES; SECOND HARMONIC COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS SYSTEM; TORSIONAL DAMPING;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0032118991     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.43.257     Document Type: Article

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