Active load control of an articulated composite rotor blade via dual trailing edge flaps

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1329-1340

  Kim, Jun Sik ^a   Smith, Edward C ^a   Wang, K W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; BENDING MOMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ACTIVE LOAD CONTROL; COMPOSITE ROTOR BLADE; HELICOPTER COMPOSITE ROTOR; QUASI-STEADY BLADE ELEMENT AERODYNAMICS; TRAILING EDGE FLAPS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0042513486     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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