Robust aeroelastic match-point solutions using describing function method

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1597-1605

  Baldelli, Dario H ^a,d   Lind, Richard C ^b,d,e   Brenner, Martin ^c,d,f  

^a ZONA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*

^f Aerostructures Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OSCILLATIONS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STIFFNESS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

BOUNDARY STABILITY; LIMIT-CYCLE OSCILLATIONS (LCO); MATCH-POINT SOLUTIONS; NONLINEAR OPERATORS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 28844466590     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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