Prediction of the UH-60A main rotor structural loads using computational fluid dynamics/comprehensive analysis coupling

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-365

  Datta, Anubhav ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING MOMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DAMPING; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS DYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; SPEED; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TEST FACILITIES;

AERODYNAMIC PHENOMENONS; AIR LOADS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUIDS; COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; CONTROL ANGLES; CSD MODELS; DAMPER FORCES; DYNAMIC STALLS; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT TESTS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH SPEEDS; HIGHER HARMONICS; LOW SPEEDS; PHASE ERRORS; PITCHING MOMENTS; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; TEST DATUMS; TORSION LOADS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 57049158214     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.53.351     Document Type: Article

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