Closed-loop test of a rotor with individually controlled trailing-edge flaps for vibration reduction

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 68-81

  Roget, Beatrice ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS; ACTUATOR SATURATION; BLADE DISSIMILARITIES; MINIMIZATION PROBLEM;

AIRCRAFT MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644691105     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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