Smart spring control of vibration and noise in helicopter blades

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

Volumn 9, Issue , 2005, Pages 5832-5846

  Nitzsche, Fred ^a   Oxley, Gregory ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; HELICOPTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

BLADE ROOTS; HELICOPTER BLADES; PITCH LINKS; SMART SPRING CONTROL;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 28844496761     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-2270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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