Variable stiffness spar wind-tunnel model development and testing

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 808-818

  Florance, James R ^a   Heeg, Jennifer ^a   Spain, Charles V ^a   Ivanco, Thomas G ^a   Wieseman, Carol D ^a   Lively, Peter S ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPEED CONTROL; STIFFNESS; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS; WINGS;

ACTIVE AEROELASTIC WING (AAW); CONTROL SURFACES; MACH NUMBER; ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (CO); VARIABLE STIFFNESS SPAR (VSS);

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 16244400838     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-1588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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