Aeroelastic instability of aircraft wings modelled as anisotropic composite thin-walled beams in incompressible flow

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-61

  Qin, Z ^a   Librescu, L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; SPEED CONTROL; WINGS;

AEROELASTIC INSTABILITY;

AERODYNAMICS;

AEROELASTICITY; AEROFOIL; COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INSTABILITY;

EID: 0142025141     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-9746(03)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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