An optimization approach to vibration reduction in helicopter rotors with multiple active trailing edge flaps

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-194

  Viswamurthy, Sathyamangalam Ramanarayanan ^a   Ganguli, Ranjan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Aeroelasticity; Helicopter; Optimization; Trailing edge flaps; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AERODYNAMICS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; ROTATION; VIBRATION CONTROL;

HIGHER HARMONIC CONTROL (HHC); TRAILING EDGE FLAPS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 1842582531     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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