Dynamic response of active twist rotor blades

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-76

  Cesnik, Carlos E S ^a   Shin, SangJoon ^a   Wilbur, Matthew L ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOISE ABATEMENT; TORSIONAL STRESS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ACTIVE TWIST ROTOR BLADES; AEROELASTIC MODEL; INDIVIDUAL BLADE CONTROL; STRAIN ACTUATORS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0035248883     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/10/1/306     Document Type: Article

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