Tiltrotor whirl flutter alleviation using actively controlled wing flaperons

Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 1192-1200

  Hathaway, Eric L ^a   Gandhi, Farhan ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRLOADS; FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS; TILTROTORS;

AERODYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DRAG; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS);

WINGS;

EID: 4143067951     PISSN: 07334249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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