Optimization of enhanced active constrained layer (EACL) treatment on helicopter flexbeams for aeromechanical stability augmentation

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 182-196

  Badre Alam, A ^a   Wang, K W ^a   Gandhi, F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DAMPING; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; HELICOPTER ROTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AEROMECHANICAL STABILITY AUGMENTATION; ENHANCED ACTIVE CONSTRAINED LAYERS (EACL); HELICOPTER FLEXBEAMS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0032640617     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/8/2/003     Document Type: Article

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