Optimal design of an active twist 1:2.5 scale rotor blade

31st European Rotorcraft Forum

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Masarati, Pierangelo ^a,d   Morandini, Marco ^a   Riemenschneider, Johannes ^b   Wierach, Peter ^b   Gluhih, Sergej ^c   Barkanov, Evgeny ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HELICOPTERS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

MACRO FIBER COMPOSITES (MFC); OPTIMAL DESIGN; ROTOR BLADES; STRAIN COMPOSITE BEAM SECTIONS;

ROTORS;

EID: 33746621324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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