Validation and understanding of UH-60A vibratory loads in steady level flight

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-287

  Datta, Anubhav ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUSELAGES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; LIFT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; UNSTEADY FLOW; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WAKES;

BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER; ELASTIC TORSION; FLIGHT TEST; PHASE PREDICTION PROBLEM; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; VIBRATORY LOADS;

MILITARY HELICOPTERS;

EID: 4344645668     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.49.271     Document Type: Article

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