Advanced analysis on tiltrotor aircraft flutter stability, including unsteady aerodynamics

AIAA Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1002-1012

  Kim, Taeseong ^a,b   Shin, Sangjoon ^a,c,d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (Denmark)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering   (South Korea)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT FLUTTER STABILITY; WHIRL-FLUTTER-INSTABILITY PHENOMENON;

FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPEED CONTROL;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 44649128585     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.33474     Document Type: Article

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