Rotary-wing aeroelasticity: Current status and future trends

AIAA Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1953-1972

  Friedmann, Peretz P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HELICOPTER ROTORS; HELICOPTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESONANCE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WINGS;

AEROELASTIC VIBRATIONS; AEROMECHANICAL STABILITY; ROTORCRAFTS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 4143110152     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9022     Document Type: Review

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