Extension-twist coupling optimization in composite rotor blades

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

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages 4069-4080

  Ozbay, Serkan ^a,b   Bauchau, Olivier ^a,b   Dancila, D Stefan ^a,b   Armanios, Erian A ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRFOILS; COUPLINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ROTOR BLADES; SLIDING MASS; SLIDING MASS CONCEPT (SMC); TWIST-COUPLINGS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 28844446327     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-2130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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