Aerodynamic design study of an advanced active twist rotor

AHS International 4th Decennial Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 49-60

  Sekula, Martin K ^a   Wilbur, Matthew L ^a   Yeager Jr , William T ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE GEOMETRIES; FROUDE NUMBER; PIEZOELECTRIC FIBER COMPOSITE; ROTOR DRAG;

AVIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; ROTORS; SPACE RESEARCH; TORSIONAL STRESS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 2942573011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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