Experimental and theoretical correlation of helicopter rotor blade-droop stop impacts

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 443-450

  Keller, Jonathan A ^a   Smith, Edward C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CORRELATION METHODS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPACT TESTING; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

DROOP STOP MECHANISM;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0032624093     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2450     Document Type: Article

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