Whirl and wind tunnel testing of the sikorsky active flap demonstration rotor

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 3138-3156

  Lorber, Peter ^a,c   O'Neill, John ^a   Hein, Benjamin ^a   Isabella, Benjamin ^a   Andrews, Joseph ^a   Brigley, Mikel ^a   Wong, Jonathon ^a   LeMasurier, Phillip ^a   Wake, Brian ^b  

^a SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Flight Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; ACTIVE FLAPS; ACTIVE ROTOR; ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL; ACTUATION SYSTEMS; AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; DEMONSTRATION TESTING; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATOR; FATIGUE TESTS; FORWARD FLIGHT; FULL SCALE; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND; HELICOPTER BLADES; HIGH LOAD; HIGH-POWER-DENSITY; HIGHER HARMONIC CONTROL; PRODUCT-LINES; ROTOR SYSTEMS; SIKORSKY; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; SUSTAINED OPERATIONS; TEST APPARATUS; TEST SECTIONS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; DEMONSTRATIONS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FATIGUE TESTING; HELICOPTER ROTORS; HELICOPTERS; TESTING; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

ROTORS (WINDINGS);

EID: 79960682434     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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