Design and simulation of integral twist control for helicopter vibration reduction

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-34

  Shin, Sangjoon ^a   Cesnik, Carlos E S ^b   Hall, Steven R ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed loop control design and simulation; Helicopter vibration; Integral twist actuated rotor blade; Linear time periodic system

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HELICOPTERS; ROTORS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

DYNAMIC INFLOW; HELICOPTER VIBRATION; INTEGRAL TWIST ACTUATED ROTOR BLADES; LINEAR TIME PERIODIC SYSTEM;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846690820     PISSN: 15986446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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