Optimal design of the active twist for helicopter rotor blades with C-spar

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 325-334

  Barkanov, E ^a   Gluhih, S ^a   Kovalov, A ^a  

^a RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Active twist; C spar; Finite element method; Helicopter rotor blade; Macro fiber composite (MFC); Optimization

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ROTORS; STATIC ANALYSIS;

HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADE; MACRO-FIBER COMPOSITE (MFC); STATIC TORSION ANALYSIS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 42149137329     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490801907855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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