An examination of rotor loads due to on-blade active controls for performance enhancement using CFD/CSD analysis

AHS Aeromechanics Specialists Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-22

  Jain, Rohit ^a   Yeo, Hyeonsoo ^b   Chopra, Inderjit ^c  

^a HYPERCOMP INC   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; CFD/CSD; COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; EDGE DEFLECTIONS; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FORWARD FLIGHT; HIGH-SPEED; LEADING EDGE; MORPHING; PARAMETRIC VARIATION; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; ROTOR AERODYNAMICS; ROTOR LOADS; ROTOR PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION-BASED; TRADE-STUDY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

EID: 77953482270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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