Multi-body analysis of a tiltrotor configuration

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-357

  Ghiringhelli, G L ^a   Masarati, P ^a   Mantegazza, P ^a   Nixon, M W ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MANEUVERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WIND TUNNELS;

MULTIBODY DYNAMICS; TILTROTORS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0032677601     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008386219934     Document Type: Article

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