Structural optimization of composite rotor blades

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

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 3496-3502

  Volovoi, Vitaliv ^a,b   Yoon, Sangpil ^a,b   Lee, Chang Youg ^a,b   Hodges, Dewey H ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS; ASYMPTOTIC BEAM ANALYSIS; BLADE DESIGN; ROTOR BLADES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; ROTORS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 16244405843     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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