Wind-tunnel tests of a helicopter rotor with active flaps

National Aerospace Laboratory NLR - 32nd European Rotorcraft Forum, ERF 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 235-250

  Crozier, Pascal ^a   Leconte, Philippe ^a   Delrieux, Yves ^a   Gimonet, Bernard ^a   Le Pape, Arnaud ^a   Des Rochettes, Hugues Mercier ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Active flaps; Helicopter rotor; Optimization; Vibration; Wind tunnel tests

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AERODYNAMICS; CONTROL THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; WIND TUNNELS;

ACTIVE FLAPS; CONTROL STRATEGY; FLAPS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 34547589771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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