Smart spring control of vibration on helicopter rotor blades

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 692-696

  Oxley, Gregory ^a,b   Nitzsche, Fred ^a,b   Feszty, Daniel ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HELICOPTER ROTORS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; CYCLIC CONTROL; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES; HIGHER HARMONICS; SMART SPRING CONTROL; STRUCTURAL CONTROL DEVICES; STRUCTURAL MODULE;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 63349108346     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.27914     Document Type: Article

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