Whirl flutter stability of two-bladed proprotor/pylon systems in high speed flight

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Singh, Beerinder ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); HELICOPTER ROTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

AEROELASTIC STABILITY; HIGH SPEED FLIGHT; TWO BLADED PROPROTORS;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 0038025486     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.48.99     Document Type: Article

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