Decentralized vibration control for active helicopter rotor blades

31st European Rotorcraft Forum

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-14

  Konstanzer, Peter ^a  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FEEDBACK; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

DECENTRALIZED VIBRATION CONTROL; HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES; SUBSYSTEM INTERCONNECTION ERRORS; TIME-INVARIANT SYSTEMS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 33746637622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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