Development of mach scale rotors with tailored composite coupling for vibration reduction

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 922-931

  Bao, Jinsong ^a,c   Nagaraj, V T ^a,c   Chopra, Inderjit ^a,d,e   Bernhard, Andreas P F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

^c 3181 Glenn L Martin Hall ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COUPLINGS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TORSIONAL STRESS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

MACH SCALE ROTORS; TAILORED COMPOSITE COUPLING; TORSION COUPLINGS; VIBRATION REDUCTION;

ROTORS;

EID: 33748074144     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15484     Document Type: Article

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