Design optimization of active twist rotor blades

30th European Rotorcraft Forum

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 283-294

  Cesnik, Carlos E S ^a,b   Mok, Jiwon ^a   Morillo, Jorge A ^a   Parikh, Anish S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANISOTROPY; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

LOADING CONDITIONS; OPTIMIZER; STRAIN FIELDS; TWIST ACTUATION;

ROTORS;

EID: 33745579029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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