Helicopter Vibration Reduction Using Fixed-System Auxiliary Moments

AIAA Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 501-512

  Gandhi, Farhan ^a,c   Sekula, Martin K ^b,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Rotorcraft Center of Excellence   (United States)

^d US Army Vehicle Technol Direct   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; DRAG; ELEVATORS; ROLLING; SPEED;

FIXED-SYSTEM AUXILIARY MOMENTS; VIBRATION REDUCTION;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 1842607539     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.575     Document Type: Article

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