Smart rotor development and wind tunnel test

35th European Rotorcraft Forum 2009, ERF 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 413-430

  Straub, Friedrich K ^a   Anand, Vaidyanathan R ^a   Birchette, Terrence S ^a   Lau, Benton H ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b NASA Ames Operations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ACTIVE FLAPS; ACTUATION SYSTEMS; AIR FORCE; AMES RESEARCH CENTERS; AT-SPEED; BEARINGLESS; CLOSED-LOOP; CONTROL POWER; FORWARD FLIGHT; HARMONIC PROFILE; HUB LOADS; IN-PLANE; MARYLAND; NOISE AND VIBRATION; RMS ERRORS; ROTOR LOADS; SMART MATERIAL ACTUATED ROTOR TECHNOLOGIES; SMART MATERIALS; TEST PROGRAM; TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; NASA; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; WATER SUPPLY TUNNELS; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 77952331281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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