Rotor design options for improving tiltrotor whirl-flutter stability margins

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-95

  Acree Jr , C W ^a   Peyran, R J ^b   Johnson, Wayne ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DRAG; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; WINGS;

TILTROTOR; WHIRL-FLUTTER STABILITY;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0035305752     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.46.87     Document Type: Article

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