Aeroelastic stability enhancement and vibration suppression in a composite helicopter rotor

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1013-1024

  Murugan, Senthil ^a,b   Ganguli, Ranjan ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HELICOPTER ROTORS; HINGES; OPTIMIZATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

LAG MODE DAMPING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION; SURFACE APPROXIMATIONS; VIBRATION SUPPRESSION;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 24144469166     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5652     Document Type: Article

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