Modeling a stiff-inplane tiltrotor using two multibody analyses: A validation study

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 2307-2315

  Shen, Jinwei ^a   Masarati, Pierangelo ^b   Roget, Beatrice ^a   Piatak, David J ^c   Singleton, Jeffrey D ^d   Nixon, Mark W ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d US Army Research Laboratory Hampton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; ELASTIC WING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GROUND VIBRATION TESTING; KINEMATIC COUPLINGS; MODE SHAPES; MODULAR APPROACH; MULTI-BODY; MULTI-BODY DYNAMICS; PITCH LINKS; ROTOR BLADES; ROTOR SYSTEMS; STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS; TILT ROTORS; VALIDATION STUDIES; WHIRL-FLUTTER STABILITY; WIND-TUNNEL; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SYSTEM STABILITY; TESTING; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 50049105267     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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