Aeroelastic optimization of a helicopter rotor using orthogonal array-based metamodels

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1941-1951

  Bhadra, Smita ^a,b,c   Ganguli, Ranjan ^a,b,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODELS; AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS; CUBIC POLYNOMIAL RESPONSE; METAMODELS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELICOPTERS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ROTORS;

EID: 33749263400     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.11776     Document Type: Article

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