Wind tunnel testing of a smart rotor model with trailing-edge flaps

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-272

  Koratkar, Nikhil A ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OSCILLATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; VIBRATION CONTROL; WIND TUNNELS;

TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0036802559     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.47.263     Document Type: Article

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