Actuation requirements of swashplateless trailing-edge flap helicopter rotor in maneuvering and autorotation flights

Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1623-1631

  Shen, Jinwei ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOROTATION FLIGHTS; MANEUVERING FLIGHTS; ROTORCRAFTS; TRAILING EDGE FLAP SYSTEMS;

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TORSIONAL STRESS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WINGS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 4143109029     PISSN: 07334249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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