Load alleviation for a tilt-rotor aircraft in airplane mode

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-156

  Manimala, Binoy ^a,b   Padfield, Gareth D ^a,b   Walker, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROTORS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

CONTROLLER DESIGN; CYCLIC CONTROLS; TILT-ROTOR AIRCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 33644627837     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13565     Document Type: Article

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