Low-speed and high-speed correlation of smart active flap rotor loads

AHS Aeromechanics Specialists Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 45-81

  Kottapalli, Sesi ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FLAPS; BLADE AERODYNAMIC; CLOSED LOOPS; CORRECTION FACTORS; FLAP ACTUATORS; FLAP DEFLECTION; HIGH-SPEED; OPEN LOOPS; PITCHING MOMENTS; ROTOR LOADS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; MACH NUMBER; NASA; WIND TUNNELS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

EID: 77953526526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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