Active pitch link actuator for impedance control of helicopter vibration

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1127-1137

  Mander, Andrei ^a   Feszty, Daniel ^a   Nitzsche, Fred ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL; ACTUATORS; APL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL THEORY; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTERS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STIFFNESS; TESTING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL; DESIGN AND BUILD; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; HELICOPTER VIBRATION; IMPEDANCE CONTROL; PITCH LINK; SPRING STIFFNESS; STATIC TESTING; SYSTEM STIFFNESS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 50049128380     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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