Validation studies for aeroelastic Trim and Stability analysis of highly flexible aircraft

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1240-1247

  Sotoudeh, Zahra ^a,c   Hodges, Dewey H ^a,c   Chang, Chong Seok ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Advanced Rotorcraft Technology Inc   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY;

AEROELASTIC BEHAVIOR; BEAM STABILITY; FLEXIBLE AIRCRAFT; GEOMETRICALLY EXACT; NONLINEAR AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 77955543547     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.46974     Document Type: Article

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