On the twist performance of a multiple-cell active helicopter blade

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-61

  Cesnik, Carlos E S ^a   Shin, SangJoon ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STIFFNESS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

HELICOPTER BLADE; TORSIONAL STIFFNESS; TWIST ACTUATION;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0035250527     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/10/1/305     Document Type: Article

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