Tiltrotor whirl flutter alleviation using actively controlled wing flaperons

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2524-2534

  Hathaway, Eric L ^a,c   Gandhi, Farhan ^b,c,d  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Rotorcraft Center of Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC EFFECTS; SOFT IN-PLANE TILTROTOR; WHIRL FLUTTER; WING FLAPERON;

AERODYNAMICS; CIVIL AVIATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROTORS; WINGS;

FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS);

EID: 33751210064     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.18428     Document Type: Article

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