Development of adaptive helicopter seat systems for aircrew vibration mitigation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6928, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chen, Yong ^a   Wickramasinghe, Viresh ^a   Zimcik, David G ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active vibration control; Flight test; Helicopter vibration; Hybrid seat mount; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

HELICOPTER AIRCREWS; HELICOPTER VIBRATION;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 44349135135     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.773336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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