Aeromechanical stability analysis and control of smart composite rotor blades

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 847-860

  Chattopadhyay, Aditi ^a   Kim, Jong Sun ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicopter aeromechanical stability; Robust control; Smart material

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HELICOPTER ROTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY; TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACTIVE DAMPING; AEROMECHANICAL STABILITY ANALYSIS; PASSIVE DAMPING; SEGMENTED CONSTRAINED LAYER DAMPING;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 0036758142     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077546029187     Document Type: Article

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