BVI noise mitigation via steady flap deflection - An analysis-led test program

AHS International 4th Decennial Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 573-592

  Wachspress, Daniel A ^a   Quackenbush, Todd R ^a  

^a Continuum Dynamics Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INBOARD FLAP TEST (IFT); NOISE MITIGATION; STEADY FLAP DEFLECTION; VIBRATORY FATIGUE LOADS;

ACTUATORS; CORRELATION METHODS; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HELICOPTERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TURBULENCE; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

ROTORS;

EID: 2942579266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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