Optimal design of a smart conformable rotor airfoil

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 249-259

  Sarjeant, Roberto A ^a   Frecker, Mary ^a   Gandhi, Farhan S ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

ACTIVE MATERIAL; ALGORITHM CONVERGENCE; DEFLECTION ANGLES; DESIGN PROBLEMS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HELICOPTER VIBRATION; HIGH FREQUENCY; LIFT COEFFICIENT; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; ROTOR AIRFOILS; SEQUENTIAL LINEAR PROGRAMMING; SKIN THICKNESS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; TRAILING EDGE FLAPS; TRAILING EDGES; VIBRATION REDUCTIONS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 78249241191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-39030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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